Sentence examples for of the decriminalization from inspiring English sources

(For the record, I'm strongly in favor of the decriminalization of marijuana, but I don't believe that children are fully capable of understanding the risks and implications of smoking anything).

Glorifying marijuana has arguably turned out to be shrewd public relations moves for these women, in light of the decriminalization measures that passed in Colorado and Washington State last month.

Clifford Krauss (NYT) URUGUAY: BACKING DRUG LEGALIZATION -- President Jorge Batlle, who is known for speaking his mind on contentious subjects, spoke out in favor of the decriminalization of drugs in a television interview.

Martin M. Looney, State Senate majority leader and a New Haven Democrat who is a co-sponsor with State Senator Toni N. Harp, a Democrat of New Haven, of the decriminalization bill, said he believed chances for its approval this year are better because of Connecticut's deficit worries.

The book winds up with a sympathetic account of the decriminalization movement, whose key insight -- "the vast majority of American illegal drug users do so responsibly" -- is a far cry from the revolutionary claims and pirate swagger of the long-gone drug culture.

As a supporter of the decriminalization of marijuana and the benefits the industry will bring, including natural medicines and a larger tax base, the last thing I want to see is new entrepreneurs in the space get snagged for preventable issues.

But for these efforts to be successful, a more comprehensive application of the Convention focusing on the decriminalization of such survival behaviours as begging, loitering and vagrancy is urgently needed.

Those challenging their dismissals are buoyed by the case of Jonathan Wender, who was fired as a police sergeant in Mountlake Terrace, Wash., in 2005, partly as a result of his support for the decriminalization of marijuana.

The governor will call for the decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana in public view, administration officials said.

On the other side are the English Collective of Prostitutes, who lobby for the decriminalization of sex work.

She asked, "Where are the beat cops?" John McWhorter, a linguist and professor at Columbia University, proposed the most controversial argument of the day - support for the decriminalization of narcotics.