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The Czech Republic already decriminalized the possession and cultivation of small amounts of cannabis in 2010.
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Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
It’s set in 1982, as Spain gallops towards a bright democratic future thanks to a Pact of Forgetting, decriminalizing human rights violations under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 13 May 2025
That’s up from 25 million in 2019, when Denver became the first U.S. city to decriminalize it.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, became the first hallucinogenic substance to be decriminalized in the U.S. after Denver voted to legalize possession of it in 2019.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
It’s set in 1982, as Spain gallops towards a bright democratic future thanks to a Pact of Forgetting, decriminalizing human rights violations under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 13 May 2025
That’s up from 25 million in 2019, when Denver became the first U.S. city to decriminalize it.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, became the first hallucinogenic substance to be decriminalized in the U.S. after Denver voted to legalize possession of it in 2019.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decriminalize
legalize
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Delaware legalized recreational marijuana and regulated and taxed sales of adult-use cannabis with the passage of two bills in 2023.—
A.J. Herrington,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Other countries that have legalized assisted suicide include Australia, Belgium, Canada and parts of the United States, with regulations on who is eligible varying by jurisdiction.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2025
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“Decriminalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decriminalize. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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