Sentence examples for decided to criminalize from inspiring English sources

Because our government decided to criminalize drug use, lock up drug addicts and produce that treacherous criminal marketplace rather than treat addiction as a health problem.

Two years later, the government of Senegal decided to criminalize those who "violate the integrity of the female genitalia".

Some states have recently decided to criminalize reckless disregard.

"But only a few are prosecuted and only for using certain drugs -- not those drugs shown to pose greater possible risk to fetal health, such as alcohol, but those we have decided to criminalize largely because of the populations of people who use them".

what if the corporate government decides to criminalize another plant such as broccoli or spinach?

They decided to start using the law criminalizing illegal entry to prosecute immigrants in criminal court.

She decided to suspend her business recently as a result of Bill C-36, which criminalizes her clients for soliciting a spanking.

"That is why we decided to make this a collective case so that we cannot be so easily picked out and criminalized".

I decided to hit up a local khat café and see what all the hubbub was about before some dickhead councilors finally got around to criminalizing it.

The Note concludes that white-collar criminal prosecutions inherently place financial pressure on defendants, and legislatures should consider this pressure when deciding what behavior to criminalize.

But it is a question that legal systems have to address, deciding which actions to criminalize and which not.