How To Use Decriminalize In A Sentence
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I believe that it is not acceptable to claim that it is enough to "decriminalize" cannabis use.
Cannabis: The Report Of The Canadian Government Commission Of Inquiry Into The Non-Medical Use Of Drugs
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There are three options available to alleviate this problem, keeping it a criminal offence, decriminalize it and legalize it.
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U. S. authorities have strongly criticized Canadian plans to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, arguing it could result in highly potent pot flooding across the border.
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In employing essentially utilitarian criteria, the Wolfenden Committee gave rise to legislation which decriminalised certain forms of homosexual conduct.
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Even after this year's move to decriminalize, police could nab prostitutes until rules on solicitation and zoning become clearer.
Decriminalizing The Sex Trade
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In practice the consumption of cannabis was decriminalized: a British compromise that continues to defy logic.
The Times Literary Supplement
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This measure formally decriminalized the use of illegal drugs.
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Four years ago, they were derided for raising proposals to decriminalise cannabis.
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In practice the consumption of cannabis was decriminalized: a British compromise that continues to defy logic.
The Times Literary Supplement
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Just so we're clear about this, the bill decriminalised prostitution.
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Britain had decriminalized homosexual acts in private between consenting adults in the Sexual Offenses Act 1967.
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Tsai restated yesterday that the current aim of the small three links is only to decriminalize illegal trading that already exists in the Taiwan Strait.
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In the midst of the recently resurgent debate in Britain about whether our drug laws are working – or require a major overhaul – the experience of Portugal has become a crucial piece of evidence in favour of a radical approach that has confounded the expectations of even its conservative critics, so much so that in the last month British officials have asked their Portuguese counterparts for advice, with the only caveat being that they avoid mentioning the word "decriminalise".
What Britain could learn from Portugal's drugs policy
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They want to decriminalize sex work, which is something quite different from legalizing it, as we learned with marijuana.
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So I don't say 'legalize' it; I say decriminalize pot, and mushrooms.
Going green (Jack Bog's Blog)
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The legislation is not going to "decriminalize" prostitution; it would merely change the law to prevent prosecution of those under the age of 16.
Right Wing Watch
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What is clear from this brief examination is that the decision to criminalise or decriminalise particular activities, whether by judicial decision or legislation, is far from straightforward.
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But the establishment, notably including Mr David Cameron and various joke policemen, make it almost impossible to get this message across by falling for the well funded and brilliantly directed global campaign to 'decriminalise' this poison.
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So, should prostitution be legalised, decriminalised or are things best the way they are at the moment?
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In the US, "decriminalized" usually means subject to some penalty, but not a criminal one.
Maryjane
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The pro-abortion camp are fighting to decriminalize abortion.
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Skweyiya also called for a policy that would "decriminalise" migration and infuse a human rights perspective of development that enhanced improved service delivery for the poorest of the poor in the region.
ANC Daily News Briefing
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Portuguese counterparts for advice, with the only caveat being that they avoid mentioning the word "decriminalise".
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That hesitation now seems to be fast disappearing after the Delhi High Court, in a momentous judgement in 2009, read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to decriminalise consensual gay sex.
To Be Gay In Indian Business
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In practice the consumption of cannabis was decriminalized: a British compromise that continues to defy logic.
The Times Literary Supplement
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The government has backed away from its plans to decriminalise consensual sexual behaviour between teenagers.
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The pro-abortion camp are fighting to decriminalize abortion.
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The possession of a small amount for personal use has been "decriminalized", which means it's not legal, but it's not illegal either.
Maryjane
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The possession of a small amount for personal use has been "decriminalized", which means it's not legal, but it's not illegal either. viejomalogato
Maryjane
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I have put an amendment to call this bill by a title that truly reflects its aim to decriminalise such activities as soliciting, living off the earnings of prostitution, pimping, and coercion.
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This wish to "decriminalize" disreputable behavior that "harms no one" - and thus remove the ultimate sanction the police can employ to maintain neighborhood order — is, we think, a mistake.
Broken Windows
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Despite its reputation as strict on drug policy, plans to decriminalize marijuana possession in Oklahoma are advancing.
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In a radical move, the country has decriminalised the use of not just cannabis, but all illegal drugs, including heroin.
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In practice the consumption of cannabis was decriminalized: a British compromise that continues to defy logic.
The Times Literary Supplement
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It has decriminalized medical marijuana, legalized assisted suicide and earlier this year, began granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples in the Portland area.
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The government has backed away from its plans to decriminalise consensual sexual behaviour between teenagers.
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A number of European countries have decriminalised possession of cannabis or have softened laws in the area.
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Cosatu demanded the government give paid time off for education programmes about AIDS, and "decriminalise" the disease by not discriminating against workers carrying HIV, the virus that causes
ANC Daily News Briefing
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For me, being able to truthfully say that I wasn’t in any way connected to the sex industry in Rhode Island (besides knowing a lot of dancers, escorts, and spa workers as friends or neighbors) was crucial in making the point that the belief that the activity should be decriminalized is in the mainstream, and that it jives with normal peoples’ values.
Relevancy of Client Status « Bound, Not Gagged
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The eminent biologist played a crucial role in the fight to decriminalize homosexuality in Britain.
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But to "decriminalize" something is to make it more widely available.
Newspaper Tree
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Dr Martin forward a private members' bill to decriminalize cannabis in some circumstances.
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Britain had decriminalized homosexual acts in private between consenting adults in the Sexual Offenses Act 1967.
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In employing essentially utilitarian criteria, the Wolfenden Committee gave rise to legislation which decriminalised certain forms of homosexual conduct.
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Advocacy and campaign to reduce prosecution of sex workers and further to decriminalize sex work in China.
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You can see why both houses of parliament have voted that nonpayment should be decriminalised.
Times, Sunday Times
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I'm not saying legalise it, just decriminalise it in certain areas.
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It is illegal but it is decriminalised which means that there are places that it can be consumed.
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Although marijuana is technically illegal, personal consumption is arguably decriminalized due to the ‘ban on excessive punishment’ written into German law.
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In an economy quickly going down the toilet faster than a nickel bag when the police come a-knocking, decriminalized and government-sanctioned "ganja" could 'pot'-entially create more and literally' green 'jobs, add much needed tax revenues, and end the criminality and high-cost incarceration (inordinately of young black males) attached to its production, sale and consumption.
Michael DeJong: A New "Green" Economy
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After more than a year of internal debate, the Canadian government introduced legislation this week to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana but set stricter penalties for trafficking of the drug.
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We will not legalize or decriminalize any drugs, nor do we envisage a time when this would be appropriate.
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Should we also decriminalise murder, burglary and rape, all of which persist despite the best efforts of the law?
Letters: Getting high is a basic human right
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The government here should be pressured to decriminalize prostitution.
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Also in Spain, the Catalan Parliament unanimously approved a resolution to decriminalize the use of medical marijuana.
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The pro-abortion camp are fighting to decriminalize abortion.
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Taiwan will formally decriminalize prostitution in November, but it will be legal only in certain areas.
Decriminalizing The Sex Trade
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In the financial world, the larceny is effectively decriminalized - culprits typically settle in cash with fines or settlements, without admitting guilt but promising not to do it again.
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If hardcore material was decriminalised, then perhaps we would see a clean up of the industry.
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In view of the readily apparent down sides of the "drug war" and seeing potential new sources of revenue and apathy, they will soon "decriminalize" marijuana.
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January 31, 2008 at 12: 06 PM what's important is the distinction between "decriminalize" and "legalize" ... how very Republican of you to follow the Washington TIMES and ignore nuance in favor of a soundbite.
POTHEAD HUSSEIN VS. JOHN MCCAIN?
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The misbelief that, once decriminalised, women in the industry will be able to choose their own working conditions and their own clients, and have industry health and safety standards in place are misplaced.
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Richard Branson's enthusiastic endorsement of the campaign to decriminalise drugs is welcome, as is the news that he devotes half his time to working for charities 'Nobody should go to prison for taking drugs', 4 June.
Letters: Drugs, rehabilitation and Richard Branson
