decriminalise

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They didn't decriminalise it - you are still hauled before a judge.

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make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

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verb

make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for decriminalise.

verb

make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

Example sentences

They didn't decriminalise it - you are still hauled before a judge.

Yes, I do understand why it's better to decriminalise it.

It decriminalises drug use, while still keeping hard drugs illegal to sell or exchange for a profit.

You don't need to allow the sale of drugs, you just need to decriminalise them for recreational users.

Except the Portuguese model, which I’m in favour of, does not ‘decriminalise drugs’.

If 'free' is the problem then just legalise/decriminalise it, and sell it at a pharmacies like any other drug.

We need to end the drug war. Legalise and regulate marijuana, and decriminalise all other drugs.

The fucking Christian Right party just came up with the policy to decriminalise all drugs because putting people in jail and fining them wasn’t working.

In my opinion, medical cannabis was just an excuse to decriminalise cannabis.

Why decriminalise drug use, when you can reap billions in profits from the deaths of thousands instead?I'm not sure that's what people meant when they requested drugs be regulated and taxes used for the greater good...

Where the mafia still involved?Saying "decriminalise" is all good - but if at any point in the supply chain we dip into the underground market we shall not escape the violence and control of crime.