You are not taking into account externalities of such transactions

I don’t think the government should be able to ban it

As I already said, it promotes degenerate in the society which is harmful in the long run

Because banning it hasn’t fixed it

The government should absolutely ban it, there can be ways to properly ban it

But the government cannot properly ban it tho

If ban isn't fixing it because of illegal drugs, then improve the police force

There are ways around it

But throwing money at it doesn’t fix it

Do you think weed should be banned as well?

As I said, I'll have to look at the data

I haven't for weed and porn

Cuz many years ago people though that was worse than a lot of the “bad drugs”

But in some obvious instances, the answer is clear

Like with coccaine and abhorrent practices like selling pee

We already ban selling of bestiality porn

That is also a transaction

i can agree with you that they are abhorrent

but i that the goverment shouldn't play a role in this

They absolutely should

I think we should regulate weed like alcohol

Government is not a sterile entity meant to do nothing

They are a force to advance society

That is why we have democracy

let me rephrase my statement the government shouldn't get involved in some cases and in the other cases they shouldn't ban it but regulate it

i agree with @SkeF

with the weed stuff

They should either ban it or regulate it, depending on which is more beneficial

And do gauge that, you conduct studies

most of the time banning it causes a lot of problems

Not really

for example drugs giving money to cartels

You have to look at the empirical evidence

And in many of those cases that is failure on the part of the government

i agree

but thats how the goverment works

they are really bad at their job

No, in many other cases, govt. intervention is better than not banning or not regulating

some cases yes

a lot of cases no

As I said, it depends on how the govt. actions are undertaken