Prostitution is an age-old problem that has divided society for centuries. This is a moral issue on which society has always been divided. Some people believe that prostitution is disgusting and should remain illegal, while others believe that prostitution will continue no matter how much effort is made, and therefore might as well be legalized. These people tend to believe that sex is something that should be practiced in the privacy of one's own home. Although there are negative aspects to prostitution, there are also good ones, and Nevada is a perfect example. Prostitution should not be legalized because it offers no real benefits. The main reason people think prostitution should be legalized is because they think it would boost the economy. According to Nevada State Tax Inspector Ruth Jones, “The state is not reaping the benefits of this multi-million dollar industry. There are no state taxes and since it is up to each county to decide whether to allow prostitution within its borders, the only real revenue the state sees comes from the state tax. sale on bar sales” (Gormley). If the state does not receive money to legalize prostitution, how can it stimulate the economy? How is this beneficial for society? Another negative effect of legalized prostitution is human trafficking. Legalized prostitution increases the risk of human trafficking. Seo-Yeong Cho of the German Institute for Economic Research, Axel Dreher of the University of Heidelberg and Eric Neumayer of the London School of Economics and Political Science conducted a study on the correlation between legalized prostitution and human trafficking . They concluded that countries where prostitution is legalized report a greater incidence of influxes of human trafficking. They also found condoms for all sexual relations in brothels in the middle of the paper. This law is posted outside brothels across the state, according to the article by Barbara Brents and Kathryn Hausbeck of the University of Nevada” (Fuchs). While this was beneficial to Nevada, it also caused a major problem. For example, rape rates have increased due to the legalization of prostitution. Just over half of Nevada's counties have legalized prostitution. There are “17 counties in the state of Nevada, and only 11 of them have legalized prostitution. Legalized prostitution is limited to rural Nevada counties. Among the state's rural counties, those with legalized prostitution had rape rates in 2007 that were more than five times those of rural counties without legalized prostitution” (Ruggieri, Miethe, Hart). Legalized prostitution does not stop rape and even makes the problem worse..