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Cannabis consumption has become more widespread since more countries have legalized or decriminalized its use.
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New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
His prominent role in decriminalizing cannabis has also created mixed feelings over the years.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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
Psilocybin became the first hallucinogenic substance to be decriminalized in the U.S. after Denver, Colorado voted to legalize possession of it in 2019.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
His prominent role in decriminalizing cannabis has also created mixed feelings over the years.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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
Psilocybin became the first hallucinogenic substance to be decriminalized in the U.S. after Denver, Colorado voted to legalize possession of it in 2019.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decriminalize
legalize
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For instance, alcohol can legally be consumed in bars, where one often meets and even talks to other people; meanwhile many states that have legalized recreational marijuana prohibit its use where it is sold, forcing the purchaser to take an additional step in order to get high in company.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Canada legalized adult-use marijuana with the Cannabis Act in 2018.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Decriminalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decriminalize. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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