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Deregulation is the last thing that, eg, drug dealers want; they profit from the black market.

• jordigh 9y ago
  I don't think the situation is comparable when you're both the dealer and the product.
  • danharaj 9y ago
    Prostitution is a service, prostitutes aren't products.
    • jordigh 9y ago
      They are for pimps.
  • DanBC 9y ago
    That's not the case for some of the people being advertised in Backpage. > The spreadsheet attached to Padilla’s email indicates that the following words (among others) were automatically deleted from adult ads by the Strip Term From Ad filter before ads were published: • “lolita” (and its misspelled variant, “lollita”) • “teenage” • “rape” • “young” Note that they'd still run the ad. https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Backpage%20Report%202017.01.10%20FINAL.pdf https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Backpage%20Report...
• shkkmo 9y ago
  Calling it "deregulation" is a weird term to use for this. "Decriminalization" or "legalization" is the term you are looking for. Generally legalization comes with increased regulation. While profits are higher (for some tiers of drug dealers), this is because the risks are correspondingly higher. Certainly those whose share of the drug profits is due to their capacity for violence and high risk tolerance are opposed to legalization. However, I suspect many of the producers and sellers whose share of profits depend on their industry knowledge find legalization attractive precisely because of the security and safety it can bring.