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decriminalize

verb as in legalize

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In Argyri's qualitative paper published last month, about one-fifth of participants said that legalizing or decriminalizing psychedelics would have reduced the stress and anxiety they felt about their situation.

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Many cities have decriminalized psychedelics while Oregon, Colorado and, as of this month, New Mexico are beginning to roll out the country’s first pathways for patients to access them.

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Although it’s unclear how each country will implement the UN mandates handed down, the ruling is a step forward for a growing reproductive rights movement working to decriminalize abortion in Latin America.

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In Wisconsin, it’s decriminalized in the Democratic strongholds of Milwaukee and Madison.

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On immigration: Didn’t she take office seeking to decriminalize illegal border crossings and didn’t she and Biden wait too long to deal with the border problem?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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