As I have discussed before, I think that sex work and drugs should be legalised and regulated. Doing so would benefit the economy.
As a teenager in a rough inner city comprehensive in the 1980’s, drugs were not available at school. My children grew up knowing where to get drugs. Basically, we are losing the war on drugs. I feel that drugs cause a lot of harm, but legalisation and regulation would allow the trade to be taxed, may reduce drug related crime and also may help get people into treatment to come off drugs. It has not caused major issues in Portugal. Lastly, drugs are in effect legal for the wealthy, not for the poor. This double standard is unfair and is reflected in the help the wealthy can get for drugs which most people cannot access as easily.
The next matter is sex work. I mention this (again) due to Bonnie Blue being in the media for her work in this field. As mentioned by JK Rowling, sex work is an industry plagued by trafficking, abuse and this is an issue that has been raised by those who have worked in it. But, people like Bonnie Blue are in effect working legally as a sex worker, while those who are not as famous are not as protected. Already, thanks to women like her working in the industry, more and more women are looking at such work as a way of supplementing income. Regulation of sex work can protect the women who are in what is the oldest profession. The line between what is sex work and what is not can be argued to be blurred with men finding love with women from other countries. What I want is that women (it is mainly women) who make a choice to work in this area, are offered the help not to do so, and also the help and protection to do so in a safe manner. I have seen how this can help women, working outside Ipswich. When the murders happened in 2006, sex work in the area was in effect decriminalised to protect the women working in it.
The second to last video is of a woman who regrets her work in the industry, one who since leaving it has found happiness. I believe abortion should be safe, legal, and rare and I think that the same should happen to be an issue for sex work, though I accept that it is not going to be rare.