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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

BBC News reports [bbc.co.uk] on a resolution [utah.gov] (non-Javascript version [archive.is]) passed by the legislature and the governor [wikipedia.org] of the U.S. state of Utah, declaring pornography a "public health crisis." Supported by the NGO Fight the New Drug [wikipedia.org], the resolution ascribes various ill effects to pornography, concluding:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein, recognizes that pornography is a public health hazard leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts and societal harms.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature and the Governor recognize the need for education, prevention, research, and policy change at the community and societal level in order to address the pornography epidemic that is harming the people of our state and nation.

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