prohibition only created more crime and deadly alcohol. are we that dumb to think that prohibiting other drugs and activities is somehow a good idea?

I can get legalizing weed.
However Cocaine and Heroine doesn't need to be legalized

I can get legalizing weed.
However Cocaine and Heroine doesn't need to be legalized

what about things like prostitution? other countries that have legalized it and regulated it have less problems with trafficking, abuse, and things

Maybe Turkey.

I'm not against legalization of drugs, but I do think we need to carefully evaluate the effects of legalizing certain ones. If cocaine hadn't been criminalized in the 80s, billions of dollars would have made their way to drug lords in South America, on top of what they were already raking in. Drug money fuels war in impoverished nations, not to mention here in the U.S., and laissez-faire legalization only vindicates them. Prohibition was a failure, yes, but that's not comparable to drugs; that was criminalizing legitimate domestic producers, and driven largely by religious zealotry (morality laws) and discrimination, seeing drunk European migrants as a cause of social degradation.

I'm for legalization of many drugs, but I'm also in favor of making sure we're doing it smartly. Should prostitution also be legal? I really don't know; there are arguments on both sides of gender equality that say it's both empowering and incredibly oppressive of women. It's also important to realize that the sex business is the largest source of slaves in the modern world, even in America, so the same issues I raised above are valid to me. Of course regulation might make it harder, but it also legitimizes the criminals that are involved. Look at all the marginalized illegal immigrants working for shit pay and in meager conditions in the southern states, or back in history (and still today) with Asian immigrants being used as prostitutes and slaves, effectively.