With regulations I don’t see the issue

[u/Left-Twix420]

[u/newspeer]

As a German I agree with these arguments except victimless crime.

There is still a lot human trafficking and tax evasion involved.

Is it better than before? Yes

Is it still a criminal cesspool? Yes

[u/Peketu → u/[deleted]]

Most of legal weed in the Netherlands comes from illegal indoor plantations in Spain

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Who the fuck is putting fentanyl in weed?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I feel like the customers would be coming back for weed anyway, this is literally just a way to potentially kill your customer base.

[u/[deleted] → u/newspeer]

There's tax evasion in every industry.

[u/newspeer → u/[deleted]]

That’s a bingo!

[u/[deleted] → u/newspeer]

Which means you can't really use it as an argument against the legalization of one.

[u/Blackbeard6689 → u/newspeer]

Human trafficking is involved in all sorts of otherwise legal industries, including chocolate the minerals mined to make computer chips and diamonds.

[u/newspeer → u/Blackbeard6689]

That’s a bingo!

[u/ep1032 → u/newspeer]

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[u/graey0956 → u/newspeer]

Yeah the reduced human trafficking claim confuses me. Like I don't doubt that it's possible I just don't understand it. Even with PHub at least claiming they verify accounts there are still plenty of cases of people forced into sex work against their will. I don't see how prostitution would manage to be any different.

[u/dontshowmygf → u/graey0956]

Well right now the victims are also criminals, which makes it very hard for them to come forward (and often makes their testimony invalid when they try to report the human traffickers). Making prostitution legal won't make the trafficking go away overnight, but it makes it much easier to fight.

[u/graey0956 → u/dontshowmygf]

Fair point, I failed to consider that. It does make a lot more sense now.

[u/veryannoyedblonde → u/dontshowmygf]

that's factually just wrong. human trafficking is worse in countries where prostitution is legal