Are we talking about sex workers or the "War on Drugs"? It's very much established that society and even the government can make certain stereotypes and stigmas stick if they want it to.
honestly, no one suggested "make self-harm illegal" here you added that. People can do vice all day and more importantly all night. After you have seen the results a few (dozen) times you might change your mind. Meanwhile, lots of people with active substance abuse habits will chime in quickly about how wrong it is to criticize substance abuse habits.
I just don't understand how sex work (and especially video sex work) equates to drug abuse.
I know many OnlyFans performers and only one of them has a drug problem (and had this already before she turned to OnlyFans). She's also not very popular because it's pretty clear that she has this problem. That's why it's such a bad combo. The successful ones (well, successful as in they make a few hundred bucks a month because it's not a goldmine) make much higher quality and have a normal day job / life.
Like I said some sex work does really correlate with drug abuse but it's really the lowest-quality street prostitution, girls that turn tricks for a few bucks to pay for their drug habit. They won't be popular on OnlyFans because they simply look awful. It's terrible but the sex work is a result of their drug abuse, not the other way around. The same with the petty theft surrounding drug abusers.
honestly, no one suggested "make self-harm illegal" here you added that. People can do vice all day and more importantly all night. After you have seen the results a few (dozen) times you might change your mind. Meanwhile, lots of people with active substance abuse habits will chime in quickly about how wrong it is to criticize substance abuse habits.