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Salzman died in 2018, the year before Denver became the first city in the U.S. to decriminalize psilocybin.
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Mayor Adams vetoed a City Council bill late Wednesday that would decriminalize unlicensed street vending in the five boroughs, teeing up a likely override battle with the chamber’s Democratic members, who accused the mayor of playing into President Trump’s immigration agenda.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
Also that year, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2398, which decriminalized truancy.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
While there are at least five bills filed to decriminalize or legalize some form of marijuana, there are also at least two bills filed by other Republicans to outlaw signs advertising marijuana products or businesses in some capacity.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Mayor Adams vetoed a City Council bill late Wednesday that would decriminalize unlicensed street vending in the five boroughs, teeing up a likely override battle with the chamber’s Democratic members, who accused the mayor of playing into President Trump’s immigration agenda.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
Also that year, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2398, which decriminalized truancy.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
While there are at least five bills filed to decriminalize or legalize some form of marijuana, there are also at least two bills filed by other Republicans to outlaw signs advertising marijuana products or businesses in some capacity.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decriminalize
legalize
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Among states that have legalized sports-bet apps, bankruptcies are up by 30,000 a year, per a USC-UCLA study still in progress.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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The sports betting industry rocketed to success after a 2018 Supreme Court decision effectively struck down a ban on sports gambling, paving the way for 38 states to legalize the practice.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Decriminalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decriminalize. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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