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The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Senate Bill 97, which would decriminalize prostitution across the state.
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Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America’s national platform, which Mamdani ran on and believes in, includes calls to decriminalize hard drugs, defund or abolish policing, and dismantle charter schools, despite high demand in communities of color.
—Darius Jones, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
Anutin as health minister in the pre-2023 government pushed to decriminalize cannabis, while the Pheu Thai government tried to reverse that.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 5 Sep. 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, 14 Jan. 2025
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Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America’s national platform, which Mamdani ran on and believes in, includes calls to decriminalize hard drugs, defund or abolish policing, and dismantle charter schools, despite high demand in communities of color.
—Darius Jones, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
Anutin as health minister in the pre-2023 government pushed to decriminalize cannabis, while the Pheu Thai government tried to reverse that.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 5 Sep. 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, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decriminalize
legalize
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The governor’s original proposal included several other ideas, such as legalizing more single-stair apartment buildings rather than requiring two or more staircases, that had not received any committee votes as of Friday, with just a couple of days left in the legislative session.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Marta Campabadal In Spain, an extraordinary regularization process is underway that is expected to legalize the status of more than 500,000 undocumented immigrants.—
Marta Campabadal Graus,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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