Let's not try to bury.
our heads in the sand and pretend nothing else is going on. Instead of.
pretending these establishments don't exist let's instead be logical about.
this and try to use the profits that we could be making, in a wise and.
useful manner. I think that the highest paying customers for prostitution.
is us Canadians, in the money we put into fighting this futile cause.2.
Instead of putting millions of dollars into stopping this consensual act,.
the money saved and made from the legalization of prostitution can be.
spent on fighting child prostitution and coerced prostitution. These two.
crimes are becoming rampant across North America, but lack of funds.
prevents a serious effort from being made to fight against them. If.
brothels and prostitutes were to be taxed like any other place of business,.
millions of extra revenue dollars would become available to the Canadian.
government, for it to spend as it sees fit. Although the monetary concerns.
are overwhelming one of the most debated issues is the health and safety.
of prostitution.
If prostitution were to be decriminalized, the profession of prostitution.
could become a healthy, publicly sanctioned place of business. Throughout.
history and throughout European cultures, prostitution has been legalized.
to decrease the spread of disease as historian Jennifer James reports.
Beginning with Prussia in 1700, most continental European governments.
shifted their tactics from suppression of prostitution and sexually.
transmitted disease to control through a system of compulsory registration,.
licensed brothels, and medical inspection of prostitutes. Although medical.
techniques were primitive there was a noticeable decline in sexual.
diseases among prostitutes and their clients.3.
European governments hundreds of years ago realized that since they could.
not fight prostitution, it was best to make it as safe and healthy as they.
could. Their efforts saved hundreds of lives and provided treatment to the.
