For decades, we've been told that there's a cost to watching porn. As we've explained before, it's certainly not as dangerous to yourself as naysayers would like you to believe. (Here are the facts you should know.) Still, due to its controversial nature, it is often a target of moral and, in this case, political criticism.

The latest dispatch from the war on porn comes from Arizona, where lawmakers are reportedly working to create a bill that would tax the porn on your phone, CBS 5 in Phoenix reports. Similar legislation is apparently also in the works in other states. According to their story, the trend stems from the belief that porn is a public health problem, and also a contributing factor in the rise of sex trafficking.

In order to combat this issue, Arizona state lawmakers are reportedly weighing the proposal of a $20, one-time tax per device for the privilege of watching porn. The bill could also be introduced to federal legislators next month. The first draft of what is called the Human Trafficking Prevention Act can be found here, and lists a wide range of reasons why the Grand Canyon State feels compelled to tax your treasured adult entertainment.

“What we know about pornography is that it's addictive. It actually affects the brain,” the Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network's Kathleen Winn told CBS 5.

“Like any drug, like an addiction, you need more and more and more of it to get the same reaction from it as the first time you saw it. So yes, I absolutely believe pornography is contributing to the growing criminal enterprise of sex trafficking.”

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