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📚 noun • entry_id 28506

decriminalization

/diːˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
descriminalización
The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)
Some opponents also said federal decriminalization would contribute to more death and injury from impaired drivers using marijuana.
the decriminalization of all plant-based psychedelics
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