lots of their families didn’t know – I’ve noticed that although family values are very strong in Suffolk people are also quite stubborn so when there are differences of opinion over drugs/lifestyles etc lots of teenagers simply walk out of the home, and become estranged from their parents..

Often because the parents refuse to accept their lifestyles they stop discussing what they are doing with their lives so no one realises until things get bad..

I agree that it would certainly reduce some of the risks but not all; also drugs would have to be decriminalised or made legal as well at the same time as TBH most prostitutes who have riskier lifestyles are addicted to drugs, which drives them to work the streets as its a quicker turnover for money.

if this didn’t happen there would still be the addicts trying to undercut the other prostitutes who would still work the street and men who would prey on this…

But the UN anti-drugs law holds this back..

also the whole EU would have to do both legalisations in one hit across 25 nations to avoid an overwhelming tide of drugs/sex tourism and related gang activity…

it wouldn’t also stop the hate crimes against prostitutes by people who do not agree with their actions.

After all its perfectly legal to be an ethnic minority in this country but plenty of racial violence still occurs…

sorry to hear about your friend mudstomper (yes I saw the news report and think I know who you mean)….

yep there is a lot of fear and anger – every girl/woman I know wants a personal attack alarm now but at the same time feel that they are powerless…

doubtless there is a lot of anger amongst the blokes (either their partners/brothers/dads as well as just normal lads) they will become suspicious of outsiders – I reckon this will also have a knock on effect in an increase of violence (particularly hate crimes, as people will undoubtedly suspect that “foreign workers” are responsible) and just random outbursts of anger….

Everywhere I go I see police cars and some areas still have cordons on them (also because of the shootings at the garage night)

I expect the cops will catch whoever did it eventually due to good surveillance and forensics; but the after-effects will last for a long time, including increased prohibition and social control as many “normal people” are still arguing “drug addiction is the cause of all this”…

the problem is that the only people who have woken up (i.e people who use drugs themselves or those who have liberal progressive views towards sex and even the sex industry) are seen themselves as “scum / deviants / criminals ” and their views are never accepted by “normal people”.

If you speak to non-users here about legalising any drug they simply refuse to listen as many have had negative experiences from the effects of drug culture and don’t equate this with prohibition because the only anti-prohibitionist voices come from drug users

even young people have seen their friends lack of self-control get them into trouble (street prices are low despite illegality) so they have negative views about drugs…

and even though people feel sorry for the girls families there is still the hidden feeling amongst some (particularly those with power) that “its payback for bad lifestyle choices” (but they don’t actually say this due to political correctness) and there is also a view that “todays party girl == tommorows prostitute”

at the moment too many are clamouring for cops to protect them and wave a magic baton to just make all the nasty bad people go away rather than looking at the wider picture or being prepared to tolerate drug use (of any kind) or legalised sex industry….

yes it is a sixth girl and her boyfriend – both currently missing

the worst part of all this is although I expect cops will catch the killer, there will be a longer term increase in clampdowns on youth lifestyles as British society is still deeply set on control and prohibition :you_crazy….