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Re: [Pen-l] prostitution and "harm reduction"

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Robert Naiman
<naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> shouldn't progressive economists have a strong presumption against the
> use of incarceration to control aspects of prostitution that do not
> involve physical coercion?
>
> wouldn't it be more humane to advocate a "harm reduction" strategy, as
> progressives generally do with respect to the use of controlled
> substances?


Yes of course. I ca't recall that anyone on this list ever suggested otherwise.
-raghu.


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