Sentence examples for was first criminalized from inspiring English sources

Marijuana was first criminalized in Canada in 1923 following the publication of magistrate and activist Emily Murphy's (1922) book The Black Candle, which described marijuana as the 'new [drug] menace.' Since then, marijuana has remained an illegal substance.

In the early 1900s, attempted crimes were first criminalized.

Gay rights activists say it was actually colonial western powers who first criminalized homosexuality in many parts of the continent.

His untimely passing comes at a time when homosexuality is increasingly being criminalized across Africa.

Switzerland, for example, was able to develop a permissive regime because assisted suicide, under certain conditions, was not criminalized in the first place.

He's ruined people's lives, he should pay for it!" Except that first, the idea that HIV is a life-ruiner is, again, stigmatizing, and second, criminalizing HIV doesn't help anything -- in fact, it actively does harm.

In the early twentieth century, the primary legal test used in the United States to determine if speech could be criminalized was the bad tendency test.

"Politics was criminalized and crime was politicized.

This dance "game" was considered dangerous to public order and was eventually criminalized in the late 19th century.

A first and familiar suggestion, implicit in the way I have talked throughout of criminalizing 'conduct', is that 'mere thought' should not be criminalized: for thought is private; only action or conduct is public.

In the chillingly credible tomorrowland of Jordan's second novel, Roe v. Wade has been overturned, abortion has been criminalized in 42 states and a vigilante group known as the Fist of Christ brutalizes violators.