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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.
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
Last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued six cities — including Austin, San Marcos and Elgin — for their policies to decriminalize cannabis.
—Aaron Sullivan, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Although cannabis has been decriminalized in Thailand, where Shaw allegedly ordered the candies from, since 2024, Indonesia has some of the world’s strictest drug laws, according to the AP.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 May 2025
These gatherings not only serve as a day of fun but also as a rallying cry for the ongoing fight to decriminalize marijuana and expand access to it for medical use.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
Last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued six cities — including Austin, San Marcos and Elgin — for their policies to decriminalize cannabis.
—Aaron Sullivan, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Although cannabis has been decriminalized in Thailand, where Shaw allegedly ordered the candies from, since 2024, Indonesia has some of the world’s strictest drug laws, according to the AP.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 May 2025
These gatherings not only serve as a day of fun but also as a rallying cry for the ongoing fight to decriminalize marijuana and expand access to it for medical use.
—Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decriminalize
legalize
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Officials are now working on drafting new rules and licensing regulations that would change that, creating a new type of marijuana business allowed in the city after voters legalized recreational marijuana statewide in 2022.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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The use of delta-8 THC is most common in states that have not legalized marijuana and have left the cannabinoid unregulated, according to the findings of a recent study by researchers at the University of California in San Diego.—
A.J. Herrington,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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