Hopefully their decriminalization will start a new national trend much like their marijuana decriminalization did.
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Decriminalization Prompted by debate moderator Jose Diaz Balart, the candidates largely supported decriminalization of illegal immigration.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Supports Decriminalization: Unclear Warren has not publicly called for sex work decriminalization and did not respond to VICE News' request for comment.
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Though Warren has said she is open to the decriminalization of sex work, Buttigieg and O'Rourke do not mention decriminalization in their LGBTQ rights plans.
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So it's possible that decriminalization pushes up drug use, but other factors — changing cultural fads and other policies — push down use more than decriminalization pushes it up.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Supports Decriminalization: Supports Gabbard, despite voting for FOSTA-SESTA, told BuzzFeed that she supports decriminalization — and she even acknowledged that sex work is a labor issue.
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Despite a zephyr of reform blowing across the continent, with many countries moving towards decriminalization (or de facto decriminalization) and medical reform, progress at a national level is slow.
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Amnesty International has called for the decriminalization of sex work, but there is a long battle ahead in convincing people that decriminalization is the best choice for economic, transgender, and racial justice.
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Opponents of the decriminalization movement say that efforts such as the one being undertaken in New York are misguided, arguing that full decriminalization will create a demand that encourages underground sex trafficking.
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He said decriminalization measures can be smart and effective, if they include provisions boosting funding for treatment and prevention, but he warned that decriminalization bills can be a first step toward looser rules.
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Booker and Harris who support decriminalization for sex workers. Sen.
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Kamala Harris supports decriminalization for sex workers, as does Rep.
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When asked in late February if she supports decriminalization, Sen.
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Where do the 2020 candidates stand on sex work decriminalization?
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You're passionate about the decriminalization and destigmatization of sex work.
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The unrest forced the government to rescind its decriminalization decree.
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Nearly 100 candidates publicly called for the decriminalization of homosexuality.
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Sex work decriminalization remains a fringe stance within American politics.
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New York's marijuana decriminalization law went into effect on Wednesday.
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Ordinarily, public use remains prohibited under both legalization and decriminalization.
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Decriminalization would be applied to both previous and pending convictions.
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For more on marijuana decriminalization and legalization, read Vox's explainer.
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Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut have all passed decriminalization laws.
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Mr. Murphy, however, said decriminalization was not going far enough.
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But advocacy groups don't view decriminalization as an acceptable compromise.
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Opponents worry that decriminalization could lead to more drug use.
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Israel's political wind has been blowing toward decriminalization for some time.
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And so I find myself discussing the decriminalization of consensual work.
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Marijuana: Favors decriminalization and expunging criminal records for cannabis-related offenses.
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What's next: The path to decriminalization might eventually shift to legalization.
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There is virtually no other authoritative power advocating for methadone decriminalization.
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And, of course, actively working for decriminalization would help as well.
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What's spurring the current activism around decriminalization that we see now?
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Medical use, legalization, and decriminalization are all distinct and separate categories.
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But that is actually an argument for decriminalization and against prohibition.
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" The group slammed Harris, saying her call for decriminalization "rings false.
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Nearly 100 candidates have publicly called for the decriminalization of homosexuality.
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The United States, however, saw little movement toward decriminalization for years.
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Decriminalization makes all this easier, because people no longer fear arrest.
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That alternative is the decriminalization and legalization of all illicit drugs.
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Neither campaign has specified to what degree they might support decriminalization.
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"Without decriminalization, a further fight for rights cannot happen," he said.
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Well, Portugal saw its overdose death rate drop 6900% since decriminalization.
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Oregon's decriminalization bill is an important step in the right direction.
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Calling for the decriminalization of border crossings (while opposing a wall)?
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GL: Do you think more states should take up marijuana decriminalization?
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Described as the first decriminalization bills ever in the state, and the most comprehensive decriminalization effort ever initiated in the United States, the bills expand upon recent attempts in several other states and the District of Columbia.
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Seth Moulton and Tulsi Gabbard told BuzzFeed News that they support decriminalization.
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At the same time, however, New York City has slowly embraced decriminalization.
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Hawaii doesn't seem ready for legalization, but it has now embraced decriminalization.
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Among voters across all parties, 45% support decriminalization, while 27% oppose it.
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Tiffany Cabán (center) during a decriminalization rally in Queens on June 20163.
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The party has long called for a wholesale decriminalization of the drug.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Supports Decriminalization: Unclear Sanders is campaigning heavily on labor solidarity.
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Women who publicly argue the case for decriminalization tend to be white.
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As Congress debates decriminalization, it's worth asking: How are those states faring?
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The New York legislature just voted to expand its existing decriminalization laws.
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The latest findings in support of full-scale decriminalization run the gamut.
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Five years after Portugal's decriminalization, drug use by young people was down.
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What decriminalization is about is transformative social justice being called into action.
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There's just one question: what happened to just trying the decriminalization part?
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In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended that countries work toward decriminalization.
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Meanwhile, political candidates are starting to run on platforms that include decriminalization.
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Advocates for decriminalization applauded Ms. Mosby's new rules for pushing the envelope.
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Decriminalization also made it easier to fight infectious diseases and treat overdoses.
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Has your experience with addiction informed your opinion on legalization and decriminalization?
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He'd go further, he says, and support the decriminalization of recreational marijuana.
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"Sex work is work" is a common refrain in activism for decriminalization.
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No tech hack will ever do as much for sex worker safety as full decriminalization—though with stigma against sex work continuing to decrease, hopefully decriminalization, and the increased safety that comes with it, isn't too far away.
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Caulkins also worries that decriminalization could lead to more drug use in general.
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We asked: Some candidates took clear positions in support of decriminalization, like Rep.
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Biden would support the decriminalization but not legalization of marijuana for recreational use.
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However, it is uncertain whether Byrne will show the same advocacy for decriminalization.
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Federal decriminalization would erase many of those problems, and there has been progress.
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Both Free Juana and another organization, Decriminalization, have become influential on the island.
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In 2001, the British government ordered the decriminalization of homosexuality in the territories.
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Your readers should be aware that strong empirical evidence for decriminalization is mounting.
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Like New Zealand's decriminalization effort, New York's is led by sex workers themselves.
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TV that the "cat is already out of the bag" on decriminalization efforts.
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"As a therapist, I'm opposed to the decriminalization of incest," says Dr. Wasserman.
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But the decriminalization of weed can be a boon for pet safety, too.
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Supporters hope decriminalization will help assure that users have access to safer marijuana.
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Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, have said they support some degree of decriminalization.
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It would be about the camaraderie; that's a really attractive aspect of decriminalization.
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Activists argue that decriminalization should instead be limited only to sex workers themselves.
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Meanwhile, Biden's half-measure of decriminalization and rescheduling may lead to other problems.
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With decriminalization nearly done, activists in Virginia are likely to turn to legalization.
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Decriminalization of sex work, while a positive starting point, would only change laws.
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Scenes of joy as decriminalization Of homosexuality made official in Botswana #repeal164 pic.twitter.
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How do you feel knowing it's the 50 year anniversary of the decriminalization?
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How do you feel knowing it's the 50-year anniversary of the decriminalization?
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Oregon residents will also be voting on psychedelic drug decriminalization this year, and state legislators in Iowa and New York are also pushing for further decriminalization against the wishes of opponents who say the move could lead to more drug addiction.
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So, we may actually be able to make some progress on the decriminalization side.
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But Caulkins argued against using the research on severity of punishment to support decriminalization.
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Their poll found that among Democrats, 893% support the decriminalization of consensual sex work.
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There is already some evidence decriminalization is at least possible in the United States.
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Why do you think 2018 is the right time to push for psilocybin decriminalization?
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Little wonder that pro-choice campaigners are now arguing for full decriminalization of abortion.
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Decriminalization could be a major step away from our unnecessary and aggressive policing practices.
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The state Assembly and Senate passed the decriminalization bill this week, and Democratic Gov.
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Prostitution, she believes, can never be just work, so decriminalization is a flawed premise.
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Research and reporting on this model, like that in favor of decriminalization, is contradictory.
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The way decriminalization might play out probably lies in the unsexy details of implementation.
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In addition, to protect victims, consider decriminalization, which is not the same as legalization.
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"The kind of decriminalization that legalization folks want is a stepping stone," Sabet said.
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Some celebrities have come out against decriminalization, and have gotten some flack for that.
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Increasingly, global health and justice groups are calling for full decriminalization of sex work.
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Mike Gravel — have said they support at least partial decriminalization, according to BuzzFeed News.
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" Studying SESTA/FOSTA is a start, "[b]ut ultimately we must move toward decriminalization.
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And while full decriminalization may seem radical, what's truly insane is staying the course.
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Decriminalization and proper regulation of substances is the sophisticated and civilized thing to do.
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Given this, as well as the outspoken advocacy for decriminalization by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the 12 former heads of state that make up the powerful Global Commission on Drug Policy, international momentum for decriminalization appears poised to intensify.
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He passionately advocates for decriminalization, pardons, drug treatment plans, and generous public mental health treatment.
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But decriminalization of consensual sex work is one key step toward social and sexual justice.
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Many states in the US are gradually moving toward weed legalization and, at least, decriminalization.
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Challenging these notions in the pursuit of full decriminalization is something I'm incredibly passionate about.
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Booker, the only candidate to respond to request for comment, stated that he supports decriminalization.
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The Czech Republic has also seen success in its decriminalization of drugs for personal use.
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"People think of decriminalization as a 'pie in the sky' kind of idea," he says.
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Decriminalization has major public health benefits like reduced rates of rape and sexually transmitted infections.
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Prominent political figures have also called for decriminalization in Mexico and Brazil in recent years.
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The push for decriminalization seems to be gaining some traction among activists and progressive lawmakers.
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"Calling for decriminalization is one of the things all our company agree on," Taylor says.
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Actually, the United States is closer than you might think to joining the decriminalization fray.
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But working towards both de-stigmatization and decriminalization will help create safety for sex workers.
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That's according to a campaign, launched today, that's calling for the full decriminalization of abortion.
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They have often emphasized treatment over interdiction and various levels of decriminalization or even legalization.
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Jules Kim: The model outlined in this bill is actually full decriminalization of sex work.
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Jules Kim: Generally what we can find is sometimes what can be called partial decriminalization.
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On Tuesday, the Indian Psychiatric Society called for decriminalization, saying homosexuality was not a disorder.
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They also dismiss arguments that decriminalization will eat into the power of the organized crime.
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The decriminalization bill's opponents include local non-profits serving people who have been trafficked into the sex trade, along with a number of national organizations who have long been fighting any advances made by the sex workers' rights movement—including mounting public support for decriminalization.
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The move toward decriminalization, whether or not it's connected to legalization, could help the U.S. economy.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Supports Decriminalization: Unclear Gillibrand's campaign did not respond to VICE News' request for comment.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Supports Decriminalization: Unclear Bennet's campaign did not respond to VICE News' request for comment.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Unclear Decriminalization: Unclear Castro's campaign did not respond to VICE News' request for comment.
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And obviously we need decriminalization to protect sex workers—the legislation around sex work is ridiculous.
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Getting this on the ballot, then, was just the first step— passing decriminalization was the second.
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Unsurprisingly, Christian and right wing politicians in the United Kingdom have been vocally opposed to decriminalization.
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Momentum against the loitering law could potentially help push the comprehensive decriminalization bill onto the agenda.
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That decision ended a four-year period of decriminalization that helped bring homosexuality into the open.
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Moreover, decriminalization freed up resources that could be channeled into treatment and other harm reduction programs.
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But these days — blame the foodie revolution and the growing decriminalization of marijuana — they've gone upscale.
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Supporters of the test hope decriminalization will help assure that users have access to safer marijuana.
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These issues are why some drug policy reformers argue for outright decriminalization of all drug use.
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Overdose deaths decreased from 22009 the year that decriminalization was enacted to only 22012 in 2012.
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They believe that full decriminalization will create a demand that will be filled by more women.
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In fact, Bloomberg is the reason we know decriminalization does not work, and is not enough.
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The report also mentions the decriminalization of marijuana as a possible cause for the higher numbers.
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"I think it'll open up a bigger conversation hopefully around the decriminalization of sex work and the importance around how decriminalization will allow sex workers to work in safety, to have rights, and to validate that it's a form of work," advocate Monica Forrester told CityNews.
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This includes organizations such as the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), which described Amnesty's move toward decriminalization a "willful and callous rejection of women's rights and equality," and Hollywood celebrities such as Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet who have joined CATW in their opposition to decriminalization.
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"I think it'll open up a bigger conversation hopefully around the decriminalization of sex work and the importance around how decriminalization will allow sex workers to work in safety, to have rights, and to validate that it's a form of work," advocate Monica Forrester told CityNews.
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Yet announcements like Amnesty International's — which is one of several major human rights advocacy organizations to endorse decriminalization — along with a news media that's increasingly friendly to sex workers' rights suggest that it won't be long before discussions of sex work decriminalization move into the mainstream.
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"The 2017 decriminalization bill was significant because it helped us anchor our advocacy, make decriminalization a key issue in local elections, and shift public opinion to set the stage for 2019 bills in D.C. and New York," Raven, now a member of Decrim NY, said Monday.
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Two-thirds of voters age 220006 to 2202 support sex work decriminalization, according to Data for Progress.
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Then they would probably try to pursue full decriminalization, just as medical marijuana had presaged legal weed.
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About 29 percent backed only medical legalization, 4003 percent backed decriminalization, and 49 percent backed full legalization.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Supports Decriminalization: Supports Harris has a somewhat infamous record when it comes to sex work.
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What to watch: Brown said that these kinds of diversion programs are an important step toward decriminalization.
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But with Cabán's victory and a growing national spotlight on decriminalization efforts, advocates see glimmers of hope.
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A number of municipalities and states, including New York, have moved toward decriminalization, if not outright legalization.
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Iowa state Representative Jeff Shipley has been advocating for a psilocybin decriminalization bill in the state's legislature.
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In fact, the decriminalization of sex work is perhaps the single most divisive subject within feminism today.
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The candidates avoided supporting progressive policy dreams that are obviously unpopular, like mandatory Medicare and border decriminalization.
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Medina has objected to the penal code a number of times, encouraging decriminalization in these three circumstances.
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Decriminalization eliminates criminal penalties for the personal use or possession of any drug, while selling remains illegal.
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Decrim NY launched in February and lobbied in Albany in May for the decriminalization of sex work.
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Some drug policy reform advocates and experts, however, are critical of decriminalization without the legalization of sales.
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Some commentators have suggested that drug decriminalization would have to be part of the discussion as well.
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Or we'd urge decriminalization-style policies designed to heal addicts instead of piling them up in cages.
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And though it's a major shift, Portuguese decriminalization is not a revolution in terms of international law.
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Under decriminalization, we'd have less need for bosses, which is why many of them are against it.
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"Decriminalization in general is supported by public health science," Dr. Johnson said about Denver's psilocybin ballot measure.
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They say decriminalization would exacerbate the sex trade's worst abuses because it would increase demand for prostitution.
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Warren, for example, has said she is "open" to the decriminalization of prostitution and other sex work.
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Decriminalization of abortion, the issue that may be decided in Parliament, is narrowly favored by the public.
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At the same time America was undergoing its last heroin epidemic, marijuana decriminalization laws were passed nationwide.
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Because of their advocacy, several presidential candidates, including Sanders and Warren, have said they're open to decriminalization.
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If it passes the lower house, the bill will be the first full decriminalization in the world.
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Advocates for the measure argue that decriminalization would shift law enforcement resources away from pursuing nonviolent offenses.
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Cover: Salvadoran women march claiming for the decriminalization of abortion in San Salvador, on September 28, 2017.
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VICE News visited Norway to see how the country plans to realize its goal of total decriminalization.
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Their Instagram account shares news about decriminalization and legalization efforts and the duo is slowly moving into commerce.
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Religious organizations, anti-trafficking advocates, and some feminists, including perhaps most notably Gloria Steinem, have argued against decriminalization.
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Despite concerns from anti-trafficking advocates like Mathieson, sex workers have been vocal in their support of decriminalization.
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Because unless you speak out about supporting decriminalization, a lot of people will tell you to shut up.
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Is decriminalization of psilocybin really the logical next step after voters supported marijuana legalization last year in California?
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She has not commented publicly about decriminalization and did not respond to VICE News' numerous requests for comment.
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Right now, 20 states have decriminalization laws in place, some of which will go into effect in 2017.
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This is a timely study given the current popularity of the drug and its decriminalization in certain jurisdictions.
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Empower members advocate for the decriminalization of sex work; they want the industry treated like any other profession.
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For years, libertarian conservatives have helped drive marijuana policy closer toward decriminalization and, in some cases, even legalization.
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Bernie Sanders, widely considered the two most progressive presidential candidates, have fully endorsed the decriminalization of sex work.
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Doug Burgum (R) said he supports decriminalization of the drug at the federal level, according to the Herald.
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Nowhere in their 2628 platform is there support for the decriminalization of illegal entry into the United States.
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"When [some candidates] talk about marijuana, it is in the context of decriminalization," Sabet said in an email.
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As BuzzFeed notes, decriminalization efforts for sex work have faced opposition from religious groups and anti-trafficking advocates.
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However, decriminalization will be on the table on March 2, when the National Drug Summit convenes in Canberra.
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Large parts of the mainstream feminist movement still shun us or actively work against our calls for decriminalization.
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"We want every woman we accompany to mobilize for the decriminalization of abortion for everyone," said Verónica Cruz.
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Sex workers in New Zealand report it is easier, after decriminalization, to refuse clients and challenge abusive management.
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Some cities have moved to decriminalize the drugs, though decriminalization on a large scale has yet to occur.
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TV. Yang has previously stated that he supports marijuana legalization and the decriminalization of small amounts of opioids.
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Decriminalization of certain drugs is definitely a step that can be taken to alleviate the criminalization of addiction.
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A growing movement of sex workers and activists is making the decriminalization of sex work a feminist issue.
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A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted last year showed marijuana legalization or decriminalization was popular, especially among young people.
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Another short video treated Bernie Sanders' endorsement of marijuana decriminalization as a preamble to an audience member's startled reaction.
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Despite these benefits, Goulão believes that leaping straight into full legalization, rather than decriminalization, is not a wise move.
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The full impact of decriminalization in the US is unknown, particularly when it only applies to a single city.
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Earlier this year, the UN chief executives board, which represents 31 UN agencies, endorsed the decriminalization of drug possession.
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Some of these issues apply directly to the US, particularly when it comes to medical marijuana, decriminalization, and legalization.
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We need a Supreme Court justice who will fulfill the unfinished promise of Roe: the full decriminalization of abortion.
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I called advocates for medical marijuana "wolves dressed in sheep's clothing," but I also supported decriminalization of drug use.
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For our lives to reach their potential, we need voluntary treatment on-demand and the decriminalization of all drugs.
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Feature A growing movement of sex workers and activists is making the decriminalization of sex work a feminist issue.
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In Washington, D.C., a revised decriminalization bill was introduced last week with the backing of four district council members.
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Several countries have successful experience with decriminalization, including the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and — most notably — Portugal.
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But in reality, harm-reduction supporters overwhelmingly support decriminalization of drug possession and may also favor legalization of sales.
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Ads from the Toy Association ran on the channel of a guy who argued for the decriminalization of pedophilia!
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Andrew M. Cuomo, who had declared legalization a priority for this year, said he would support a decriminalization bill.
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Decriminalization generally removes incarceration and more stringent penalties for pot possession, but it often leaves a fine in place.
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Mr. Matthews, the leader of the decriminalization campaign, said the initiative had not met with any organized public opposition.
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Of voters of all parties, a slight majority—259 percent—said they "somewhat" or "strongly" support sex work decriminalization.
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As support for decriminalization grew at home and in the region, the Obama administration took a relatively lenient approach.
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The next week, in an interview on CNN, he said he did not support the decriminalization of such crossings.
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"Decriminalization is consistent with a rights-based approach," said Liesl Gerntholtz, deputy executive program director at Human Rights Watch.
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Some opponents of legalization favor decriminalization as a step to peeling back America's harsh drug and criminal justice policies.
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"Let us claim the rights we know we are accorded as citizens, slowly, before we challenge decriminalization," she said.
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And on Tuesday, he said he had not read the decriminalization bill and had no opinion on it yet.
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Several organizations -- including Amnesty International, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS -- have called for the decriminalization of sex work.
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Lately you've talked about drug decriminalization in the UK. How feasible of an option do you think that is?
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What is the aim of this apparent intent to ignore white racist violence, potentially paving the way for its decriminalization?
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In the past, he has acknowledged sex work as an issue, but he has not outlined a position on decriminalization.
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They view the UNGASS outcome document as insufficiently supportive of progressive and research-backed policies like harm reduction and decriminalization.
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and District Attorney Beth McCann opposed the initiative, but there was no organized campaign against decriminalization.
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Cannabis decriminalization across the U.S. is at an all-time high, along with the general population's support for further legalization.
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His presidential campaign did not immediately respond to VICE News' questions about decriminalization and whether O'Rourke stood by his vote.
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And this month, the organization rolled out a full decriminalization package, which proposes changes to almost a dozen state laws.
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That number rose to 64 percent when pollsters explained details about the initiative, with 54 percent in support of decriminalization.
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How has the decriminalization of homosexuality and limited assimilation of LGBT people changed the need for those networks and connections?
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Many feel, for example, that Barack Obama's handling of the issue of marijuana decriminalization represented his abuse of executive action.
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Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat from Oregon who has called for the decriminalization of marijuana since coming to Congress in 1996.
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Christian midwives are up in arms about the UK's leading midwifery union and its support for the decriminalization of abortion.
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Among them, the opposition senator Mario Delgado has proposed the decriminalization and regulation of cultivation, production and sales across Mexico.
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Yet the Office of National Drug Control Policy remains the tip of the spear in the campaign against marijuana decriminalization.
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The opposing sides in the decriminalization debate agree that it's wrong to arrest people (mostly women) who engage in prostitution.
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And while people of all genders do these jobs, the matter of decriminalization is very much a feminist political issue.
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Most current debate around sex work is focused on the pros and cons of various legal models: complete decriminalization vs.
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But Ms. Peoples-Stokes, who also sponsored the decriminalization bill, said she was sure legislators would return to the issue.
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We have seen full decriminalization, all the way from weed to heroin, in Portugal—but legalization is another concept entirely.
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Lawmakers across the country are beginning to reconsider how to handle prostitution, as calls for decriminalization are slowly gaining momentum.
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And decriminalization is already facing intense pushback in state capitals from opponents who call the measures naïve and potentially dangerous.
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"Decriminalization would ensure fairness for residents of the Bronx and throughout New York State," Ms. Clark said in a statement.
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Now it's clear that, whoever the Democratic presidential candidate is, they'll also back at least decriminalization, if not full legalization.
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That&aposs not decriminalization — it&aposs called the Nordic or Swedish model, or "end demand," and it doesn&apost work.
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"[Decriminalization] fit in with these broader trends," said Hallie Lieberman, a sex historian and journalist who writes about sex work.
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Ralph Northam has vowed to sign a decriminalization bill into law, previously making the issue a priority for the year.
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Michael G. BrautigamCincinnati To the Editor: Portugal's decriminalization of drugs reduced the number of heroin users from 100,000 to 25,000.
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His silence on decriminalization was all the more conspicuous, considering he brought up the issue in a debate in June.
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Bloomberg now says he supports "decriminalization" and as president, he wouldn&apost interfere with states that have fully legalized cannabis.
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This "decriminalization" bill would increase immigrant crime in America, which would not be a benefit to anyone but the criminals.
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More important, decriminalization does not address restitution toward the black and brown communities disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs.
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It's hard to say, for reasons my colleague German Lopez explains, that decriminalization was responsible for all of these benefits.
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In reality, there are different gradations to the decriminalization of various substances, as well as a number of contradictory policies.
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Beyond decriminalization, Giri and Manoji say they are also eager to change the narrative that sex work is only depressing drudgery.
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Castro and Warren have called for the decriminalization of border crossings, while O'Rourke's platform does not call for such a proposal.
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A Democrat willing to examine their mistakes and work towards decriminalization, decarceration, and destigmatization will help just as many people survive.
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In addition to backing New York's decriminalization effort, they've had recent success in Nevada, which repealed its self-managed abortion ban.
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The possibility of attacking Iran on its homophobia, incidentally, could be the reason behind the White House's global campaign for decriminalization.
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Possibly most damaging for Trump, though, is that he can't fully win, because state decriminalization of marijuana cannot be completely stopped.
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They also don't include pledges to decriminalize sex work, though Warren writes in her plan that she is open to decriminalization.
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Going beyond decriminalization, 2017 saw Australia, Austria, and Germany join the list of 25 nations that have legalizing same sex marriage.
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"They are terrified that the effective decriminalization would mean they would have to liberate all those people from prison," Sánchez said.
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On social matters, Libertarians generally take a liberal approach, favoring same-sex marriage and the decriminalization of most, or all, drugs.
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Decriminalization means a reduction in penalties: If you are caught with small amounts you won't be prosecuted or sent to jail.
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While he is happy to see more states taking action like this, Davies believes that total decriminalization is the best move.
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For another, it's unclear in Denver what decriminalization will actually mean in the long term, especially if selling shrooms remains illegal.
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SWEAT, the Women's Legal Centre and the charity Asijika are all calling for the decriminalization of sex work in South Africa.
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A 2016 Vox/Morning Consult poll found only 22 percent of respondents in support of psilocybin decriminalization, with 68 percent opposed.
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Some opponents of decriminalization call themselves abolitionists, consciously invoking the battle to end slavery as well as the one for equality.
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In fact, the modern libertarian movement's acceptance of drug decriminalization and LGBT rights is due in large measure to this tradition.
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Fort has modeled his platform off that of the Vermont senator, advocating for free public university tuition and decriminalization of marijuana.
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Another study showed that decriminalization has the potential to reduce discrimination as well as denials of justice, denigration and verbal abuse.
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In addition to federal decriminalization, the bill would require federal courts to expunge prior convictions and allow offenders to request expungement.
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Meanwhile, a Republican state legislator in Iowa has pushed a form of shroom decriminalization, though its prospects were less than clear.
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Martin Malave Dilan, as Matt Cohen reports at Mother Jones; she is one of the sponsors of New York's decriminalization bill.
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Voters want action – decriminalization, reform of mandatory minimums, an end to mass incarceration – and candidates would be wise to pay attention.
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Yet, Dufton does not tell in any detail the story of black and Latino activists working toward decriminalization, relying instead on
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One study showed that decriminalization has the potential to reduce discrimination as well as denials of justice, denigration and verbal abuse.
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Today, around 49,000 men who were similarly convicted before the 1967 decriminalization of homosexuality in the UK remain without such pardons.
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But while I fully support total decriminalization, such as that which has successfully slashed the number of overdoses in Portugal (and not to mention drastically cut the disproportionately high HIV-transmission rates for which decriminalization was initially brought in to tackle), I understand why many people oppose it, and I'm not here to argue this point.
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Sharren Haskel, a strong advocate of decriminalization and an MK from the Likud Party, praised the decision in a statement on Facebook.
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Since Portugal passed universal decriminalization legislation in 2001, drug use rates have fallen considerably, including among teenagers, as have drug-induced deaths.
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She told BuzzFeed News that decriminalization would protect sex workers from violence and exploitation — and candidates need to know where they stand.
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Some helped set a "game plan" for a national campaign to "combat demand for commercial sex" in 2010, including fighting decriminalization efforts.
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When the vote to decriminalize the drug took place in Denver, critics argued that decriminalization risked perpetuating the city's "drug-friendly" reputation.
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Moreover, Botswana is one of four African states proposing the decriminalization of commercial trade of ivory, which is outlawed under international law.
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A French minister provoked the ire of his government this week after voicing support for moderate decriminalization of marijuana use among adults.
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When decriminalization laws were passed in the '70s, America was going through another heroin epidemic, and marijuana in response seemed fairly benevolent.
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"Decriminalization of sex work is urgently needed," said study co-author Pippa Grenfell, an assistant professor of public health sociology at LSHTM.
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Jamaica, whose government recently relaxed its stance on herb, called for the global decriminalization of cannabis and cited respect for Rastafarian traditions.
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Let's not forget the DUP led the controversial "Save Ulster from Sodomy" campaign in a bid to halt the decriminalization of homosexuality.
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Campaigners argue that the first step toward minimizing the harms caused by cocaine—both to humans and Earth—is decriminalization and regulation.
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This change in attitude was partly down to the decriminalization of suicide in 1961 (previously, attempted suicide had been punishable by death).
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Another section provides for a study by the General Accounting Office (GAO) which makes the further decriminalization of all drugs more likely.
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Decriminalization would allow police to use further discretion in enforcing the law and/or lessen penalties for truly consensual exchanges between adults.
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Advocates don't expect a vote on the measure this session—but they note that the rapid movement toward full decriminalization is unprecedented.
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Only a small number of papers that focused on decriminalization of sex work and the criminalization of purchase of sex were included.
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Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) called for the decriminalization of minor marijuana possession in a column Saturday for the Daily Press.
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"It was clear that they didn't have the votes for legalization, then we went to decriminalization," Cuomo said at the press conference.
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The decriminalization effort has a lot of work ahead of it — most states have yet to make any moves on the issue.
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Decriminalization and harm reduction lends greater attention to the human rights of users while allowing law enforcement resources to be spent elsewhere.
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I asked some sex workers what their ideal workplace would look like, if we lived in a country that actually embraced decriminalization.
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His causes — abortion rights, decriminalization of marijuana and, most important, the repeal of 19th-century sex laws — were daring at the time.
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Jeff Shipley, a sauerkraut salesmen and a Republican state lawmaker in Iowa who favors psilocybin decriminalization, was in the crowd as well.
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The medical journal The Lancet endorses decriminalization because it found it could halt new HIV infections by as much as 20193 percent.
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"This issue stopped being one for feminists," Sara García, who led the organizing for the Citizens' Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion.
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Now, Mexico is slowly inching toward the decriminalization of abortion, propelled by a strong activist movement and shifting politics toward the left.
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The number of overall drug users fell during the first 15 years of decriminalization and ebbs and flows with European trends now.
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But if Hawaii ultimately does decide to embrace decriminalization, it wouldn't be the first time the state has flouted federal drug policy.
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She has worked to reduce the jail population in Cook County and supported the decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana.
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Along with much-debated bail reforms, decriminalization of some lesser offenses, speedier court adjudications and alternative supervision, the city is reducing incarceration.
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While Democrats in Congress still tend to be more outwardly supportive of marijuana decriminalization policies than Republicans, the gap appears to be narrowing.
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"When we talk about decriminalization, we're talking about consenting adults," Julia Salazar, who is introducing the bill in the Senate, told BuzzFeed News.
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This year's platform will officially push for a $15 hourly wage, decriminalization of marijuana, carbon taxing, and further bank regulation, among other things.
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"Marijuana decriminalization may be one of the very few issues upon which bipartisan agreement can still be reached in this session," said Rep.
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It was reinstated as a criminal offense in India in 2013, punishable up to 10 years in prison, after four years of decriminalization.
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As numerous European countries move towards decriminalization and compassionate policing, France has gone in the opposite direction—with police seizures increasing since 2013.
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While I was at Empower one day, I asked how decriminalization would help the women and men who are forced into the trade.
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It was reinstated as a criminal offence in India in 2013, punishable up to 10 years in prison, after four years of decriminalization.
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A pungent aroma is wafting across the U.S. today, 123/212, as crowds gather to rejoice in the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana.
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Decriminalization would obviate the need for legal run-ins, and it would give states greater autonomy in safely regulating (and taxing) the substance.
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The bill is likely to pass the House, where cannabis legalization or decriminalization in some form is broadly supported among the Democratic majority.
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The project will in part serve to commemorate the 50th anniversary next year of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in England and Wales.
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Previous research showed that decriminalization in New Zealand resulted in sex workers being better able to refuse clients and insist on condom use.
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And he took heat from former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro for refusing to support the decriminalization of illegal border crossings.
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"Rather than inching towards reform by a muddle of police-led decriminalization efforts, legal regulation of cannabis must be sought outright," he writes.
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Others are more bold: Gillum went further than his primary opponents and called for the full legalization, rather than just decriminalization, of marijuana.
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"I don't think you can generalize in any shape or form whether decriminalization would be the predominant voice among sex workers," she says.
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According to Salvadoran group Citizens' Coalition for the Decriminalization of Abortion, 129 women were put on trial for abortion between 200 and 2011.
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His new enthusiasm for some limited decriminalization remains, however, far less audacious than a legalization proposal put before the senate earlier this month.
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The Central American country officially decriminalized drug use in 1988, but since decriminalization doesn't address supply, the black market continues to have control.
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I study the impact of state and national pot policies on people of color, and I'm committed to the decriminalization of the drug.
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As a longtime cannabis connoisseur and former prisoner of the drug war, I've watched the decriminalization wave with equal parts pleasure and astonishment.
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Tiffany Cabán ran for district attorney in Queens this year on a platform including decriminalization, and garnered the endorsement of New York Rep.
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Though at least 21998 countries have introduced some form of decriminalization, Portugal's holistic model and its use of dissuasion panels sets it apart.
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Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, has offered no opinion of those bills or of decriminalization, saying only that he would review such proposals.
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Decriminalization activists have long argued that these thresholds are risibly small, and De Alba predicted that legislators would raise them by this fall.
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In what he thinks amounts to new understanding and atonement, Bloomberg's criminal justice platform includes federal decriminalization and expungement for marijuana possession offences.
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Supporters praise Ms. Gabbard's unorthodox platform, a mix of noninterventionist foreign policy, liberal social policy and libertarian leanings on issues like drug decriminalization.
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Some of the earliest options on the table ranged from decriminalization of marijuana — following the lead of white civil libertarians — to increased sentences.
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Archbishop Carlos Garfias Merlos said the Church supports the decriminalization of abortion for women who have been raped but opposes any additional measures.
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Mexico City's decriminalization of abortion in 2007 spurred a backlash, with 19 states subsequently passing constitutional amendments declaring that life begins at conception.
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Facts First: Even 2020 Democratic presidential candidates who advocate the decriminalization of the act of illegally entering the country, such as Massachusetts Sen.
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Research also showed that decriminalization in New Zealand resulted in sex workers being better able to refuse clients and insist on condom use.
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It was yet another veteran, though, who kicked off the decriminalization trend that has been taking off across the United States this year.
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The shift by both Trump and Schumer comes as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sought to crack down on marijuana decriminalization efforts.
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But I don't like the term decriminalization, because it's used interchangeably with legalization — even sometimes by the president and often by the media.
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In July, with the passage of marijuana decriminalization legislation in New Hampshire, every state in the region had either decriminalized or legalized marijuana.
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With New Hampshire downgrading marijuana possession to a civil offense, the entire New England region has enacted, at a minimum, some form of decriminalization.
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Another possibility is to pull back the drug war even further through decriminalization, but significantly alter how governments enforce prohibition and regulate legal drugs.
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The advocates of decriminalization contend, however, that the harm of more use is less than the harm caused by current law and its enforcement.
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"They should have a position on the decriminalization of sex work," argues Kate D'Adamo, an advocate for sex workers' rights who regularly lobbies Congress.
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Neither have they provided Van Pelt's response to my question asking if she misspoke when she said all NOW chapters oppose sex work decriminalization.
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That ban ended a four-year period of decriminalization that had helped bring homosexuality increasingly out into the open in a deeply conservative society.
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The courts have been quick to respond to decriminalization, ruling in favor of petitions by same-sex couples to be allowed to live together.
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Meanwhile, more established politicians like NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio (who announced his presidential bid in May to no fanfare) have spoken against decriminalization.
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Related: Medical Marijuana, Decriminalization, and Opium: 2016 Looks Big for Drugs in Mexico Sánchez, the activist from Mexico United Against Crime, is not impressed.
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The causes of Islamic radicalization are complex, and no one is suggesting that drug decriminalization alone would come anywhere near to solving the problem.
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New York lawmakers this week failed to pass a marijuana legalization bill, but they did advance a marijuana decriminalization bill to the governor's desk.
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To realize that dream fully there are several obstacles for the industry to overcome amid the political banter including reclassification, state's rights, and decriminalization.
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Last week, Virgin chair Sir Richard Branson alongside the former presidents of Colombia, Mexico, and Switzerland called for the decriminalization of all drugs, everywhere.
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"As a former sex worker, I didn't imagine that the hot issue or hot movement would be the decriminalization of sex work," Garcia said.
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It has tempered polarizing policies like looser copyright enforcement rules and drug decriminalization with pledges of economic stability that have won confidence among voters.
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If they get the requisite number of signatures, Oregonians could vote on the decriminalization of psilocybins, or magic mushrooms, in the 2020 general election.
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But as our elected officials debate decriminalization, we urge them to look past this fear-mongering and focus on data-driven evidence about marijuana.
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Calling for decriminalization, Amnesty International said that denying a rape victim an abortion violates her right to be free from torture or inhumane treatment.
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The Seychelles report highlights religious authorities' objections to the recent decriminalization of same-sex activity and opposition to a televised debate on LGBT rights.
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Notably, when Lopez Obrador was mayor of Mexico City from 2000-2005, he did not promote same-sex marriage or the decriminalization of abortion.
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The police wouldn't have to bend over backward for de facto decriminalization, it would make it far easier for us to do our testing.
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The decriminalization of sex work is not an endorsement of sex trafficking or any exploitation or abuse that sex workers experience on the job.
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One thing that is clear is that it's disingenuous to use strong arguments for decriminalization as an excuse for aggressive state supported drug use.
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Still, she added that she had been "very pleasantly surprised" by how rapidly decriminalization has elevated "in the public discourse" over the last year.
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In the first year or so of decriminalization in Portugal, there did seem to be the increase in drug use that critics had predicted.
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Both the state House of Delegates and Senate agreed on the bipartisan decriminalization plan, which sets a $25 civil penalty for a first offense.
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Despite the dire warnings of advocates about sex trafficking, Ms. Spellman said decriminalization cannot come soon enough for her and other transgender sex workers.
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"Joe Biden's platform lacks imagination," said Queen Adesuyi, policy manager for the Drug Policy Alliance, a group that advocates for the decriminalization of drugs.
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Sanders' plan also calls for the decriminalization of border crossings — which would make crossing the border without documents a civil rather than criminal offense.
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Ms. Harris noted that she sponsored a marijuana decriminalization bill this week, aimed at reversing the racial disparities in sentencing for drug-related crimes.
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The next night, when a moderator asked candidates to raise their hands if they supported decriminalization, eight and a half of them did so.
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Especially in Denver, they're concerned that decriminalization could perpetuate the city's reputation as "a drug-friendly city," Jackson Barnett reported for the Denver Post.
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Ahead of the vote, advocates for decriminalization spoke in front of the council, including one who said the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms "saved" his life.
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At the D.C. hearing, decriminalization supporters repeatedly described the police harassment and abuse of sex workers, pointing out that officers had solicited them for sex.
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This year in Mexico, women have organized to demand the legalization and decriminalization of abortion to prevent more cases similar to Miriam's from happening again.
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President Mokgweetsi Masisi will serve another term after taking controversial steps to lift a ban on elephant hunting and usher in the decriminalization of homosexuality.
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Some say that decriminalization and regulation will help save lives and reduce crime, others just advise people not to go near MDMA, nor sell it.
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That could go a long way toward clearing away international agreements that have been among the impediments to decriminalization of marijuana by the U.S. government.
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Other legislation going into effect includes a statewide ban on plastic straws, the legalized sale of home-cooked foods, and the decriminalization of street vending.
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The meeting comes in the wake of a leaked document last October written by a senior UN figure that advocated the decriminalization of all drugs.
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The decriminalization of mushrooms doesn't mean we're on the brink of a world where you can pop into a CVS and get a psilocybin tablet.
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RE: PROSTITUTION Emily Bazelon wrote about the growing movement of sex workers and activists that is making the decriminalization of sex work a feminist issue.
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Dr. Roosevelt of the Colorado study noted that decriminalization might be one reason that reports of accidental ingestions were on the rise in that state.
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Any elected official or candidate who is serious about addressing the United States' overdose crisis should view drug decriminalization as central to their reform agenda.
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"Bernie believes that decriminalization is certainly something that should be considered," Sanders's deputy communications director Sarah Ford told Vice News in a statement on Thursday.
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Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro called for the decriminalization of border crossings Tuesday as part of his 2020 presidential platform on immigration.
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"This is not the final step, but it will lay the groundwork for full decriminalization and legalization," Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said, according to Time.
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Councilman Noel Gallo, who introduced the resolution, told the Chronicle he hopes that the decriminalization of natural psychedelics could help people with mental health issues.
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No deportation The decriminalization of unlawful immigration alone simply does not constitute an open border policy, since migrants can still be deported under civil provisions.
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Drug decriminalization has rapidly emerged as a mainstream political issue in Canada and several other countries, but few U.S. policymakers have embraced it so far.
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Norway is exploring decriminalization and has some innovative harm reduction policies, and there are emerging civil society movements for reform across Scandinavia, even in Sweden.
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There's some debate about whether these treaties allow reforms like medical marijuana or decriminalization, but there's no doubt they prohibit a fully legal marijuana market.
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Many medical professionals and associations are pushing for the decriminalization of all drugs and the door seems to be opening toward legalizing psychedelics as medicine.
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In place of legalizing marijuana, lawmakers agreed to expand decriminalization of the drug, and Mr. Cuomo promised administrative changes to limit the use of solitary.
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"If you're a young woman of color who's worked in immigrant rights, reproductive justice, or labor spaces," Luo said, "you already get it" on decriminalization.
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In 2016, the last full year before the decriminalization law, the government recorded more than 503,500 violent domestic crimes, almost 50,000 of them against women.
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But some argued that the hurdles created by the coronavirus outbreak revealed what they saw as the best way to tackle the overdose crisis: decriminalization.
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But in comparison with Medicare for All, a broadly popular policy with real movement legs behind it, the parallel polling numbers for decriminalization are close.
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Leading Democratic presidential candidates, for their part, are not shying away from the challenge, endorsing in whole or in part the decarceration and decriminalization agenda.
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"The social decriminalization has been impressive," said Mariana Romero, a researcher at the Center for the Study of the State and Society, a nonprofit organization.
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It's worth noting the huge difference between legalization, which invites government regulation, and decriminalization, which removes all forms of regulations and laws from the job.
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Decriminalization also has been linked to better health outcomes, allowing people in need to access, without fear of harsh punishment, these various life-saving services.
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States with measure under consideration to legalize pot should call a halt to those efforts, and focus instead on rational and well-regulated decriminalization measures.
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But activists angered by the Commonwealth's failure to put LGBT decriminalization on the agenda said they planning to picket the Commonwealth Secretariat's offices on Thursday.
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Though discussions of decriminalization featured heavily in the early Democratic debates, polls have shown that about 67 percent of voters aren't in favor of it.
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Keohokalole is not convinced that full-on decriminalization is the right way to go, but he wants to learn more before making his final decision.
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This year, 2017, marks the 20103-year anniversary of the Sexual Offenses Act of 1967—the legal decriminalization of homosexual acts between men over 21.
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Well at first, of course, I didn't feel very personally affected by [the anniversary of the decriminalization] as I had always lived under the radar.
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As was the case with my cousin, rather than spurring me into a successful career in law enforcement, I now campaign for the decriminalization of drugs.
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Furthermore, students report that they understand how decriminalization can be one arm of a larger set of strategies to assist victims of structural and individual harms.
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At the end of his book, he fantasizes about the marijuana movement collapsing, as it did in the 1970s when nationwide marijuana decriminalization looked increasingly certain.
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JOHANNESBURG — Voters in Botswana re-elected a president who had received international attention for lifting a ban on hunting elephants and overseeing the decriminalization of homosexuality.
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Amnesty, which has called for the full decriminalization of sex work, wants governments to create policies to protect adults who consent to selling sex for money.
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At the same time, changing public perception by normalizing weed online just might be how we keep the wave of support for decriminalization and legalization alive.
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It fought against the decriminalization of gay sex in Texas and has supported efforts to make gay sex punishable with prison time in Jamaica and Belize.
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As sex workers and advocates continue to push for decriminalization, it's hard not to wonder: Why is it so hard for politicians to talk about it?
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According to one recent assessment, 25 countries have passed some form of decriminalization for drug possession, and one, Uruguay, has created a legal market for cannabis.
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There is some debate about whether these treaties prohibit drug decriminalization — when criminal penalties are repealed but civil ones remain in place — and medical marijuana legalization.
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Matthews says the largest factor contributing to the failed California decriminalization model was the unrealistic expectation proposed by Saunders to allow the sale of psychedelic mushrooms.
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Advocates want to see politicians continue to educate themselves about the difference between sex work and sex trafficking, and acknowledge that decriminalization would not exacerbate trafficking.
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In 2016, when she published a report at Human Rights Watch regarding broad drug decriminalization, she said she was pleasantly surprised by the lack of pushback.
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West African Commission on Drugs Advocates Decriminalization An investigation by the Reuters news agency last year, highlighted the role played by Mexican drug cartels within this.
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A survey by pollster VoxPopuli in 2010 showed that 210 percent reject decriminalization, while a Datafolha poll the same year put the figure at 230 percent.
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At the Amnesty conference, Muñoz told the crowd that she thinks decriminalization would have benefits for many people by bringing the sex trade out from underground.
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Thirty-nine Salvadoran women have been released on appeal against similar charges since 2009, according to data from the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion.
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Liberals typically focus on preventing or limiting how Americans enter prison in the first place, through sentencing reform, diversion programs, or decriminalization for nonviolent drug offenses.
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Not only is Matthews an advocate for the decriminalization, he says he also uses of the mushrooms and is vocal about the medical benefits they bring.
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While Rhode Island's decriminalization increased the size of the indoor sex market, reported rape offenses declined 30 percent, and female gonorrhea incidence declined by 40 percent.
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Gay sex is considered taboo by many in the socially conservative country, and was reinstated as a criminal offense in 2013 after four years of decriminalization.
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They promptly took aim at the laws that put Yang's life at risk—and in February, they joined Decrim NY in their demand for full decriminalization.
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" Even should the state pass full decriminalization, said Ray of Decrim NY, their bill "is the start of the next phase of things, not an endpoint.
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There is growing support for a Portuguese style system of decriminalization in the UK, from public health bodies, medical experts, and newspapers such as the Times.
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With the decriminalization of marijuana in California, Colorado, and Washington, there has been a push to market cannabis products more like lipstick than some evil drug.
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Tate Britain will stage an exhibition dedicated to queer British art next year to mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization of male homosexuality in Britain.
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The group does not support decriminalization or legalization, and advocated police officers have the option to issue tickets to people found with small amounts of marijuana.
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But in the United States, where buying and selling sex is illegal everywhere except for a few counties in Nevada, decriminalization has been a tougher sell.
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Moreover, no state or country that has liberalized marijuana laws either through decriminalization or outright legalization has experienced anything like the nightmare scenarios predicted by prohibitionists.
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The World Health Organization and American Public Health Association have both praised decriminalization and a public health focus, as has the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
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"We deal with that in the field, and that's why we're asking for decriminalization so we can stop that type of stuff going on," said Spellman.
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They like her isolationist foreign policy, her calling out of what she sees as censorship in the major technology platforms and her support for drug decriminalization.
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He also made waves by calling for the decriminalization of illegal border crossings, a position he was later followed on by some others in the field.
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Over the past few years, an international movement pushing for the decriminalization of sex work, and advocating for the rights of sex workers, has been growing.
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The legislature has considered several decriminalization bills before, but this year was the first time the state Senate took up a version passed by the House.
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That, in turn, could be a step along the way to the decriminalization of sex work, something sex worker rights groups have been recommending for years.
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They also facilitated a WeChat thread where sex workers can share warnings about violent clients, and have continued to push for the decriminalization of sex work.
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" He also believes that sex work should be decriminalized, as many sex worker activists argue that "decriminalization [is] the first step to improve sex worker safety.
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"We don't know the plans or the content of the decriminalization campaign," said Markus Ulrich, a spokesman for Germany's largest gay and lesbian rights association, LSVD.
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Activists struggled to push bills through the legislative process, though a decriminalization measure progressed far enough for a vote on the last day of the session.
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People might be eager to liken this moment to the early days of weed decriminalization, but experts warned that that doesn't make for the best of comparisons.
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Most of the Democratic candidates have embraced some form of marijuana legalization, or at least decriminalization, as public opinion has shifted in recent years to majority support.
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Democrats were more likely to support decriminalization, with 64 percent in favor, compared with 55 percent of independents and 37 percent of Republicans, according to the analysis.
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The Massachusetts senator is also backing the decriminalization of border crossings, a move former housing secretary Julián Castro first proposed in his immigration plan back in April.
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In Wisconsin, voters in 14 of 16 counties signaled they were ready for marijuana decriminalization and legalized adult use by a approving series of non-binding resolutions.
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The initiative comes in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in England and Wales, which will be celebrated in 2017.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Supports Decriminalization: Unclear O'Rourke is no longer a member of the House, but he voted in favor of FOSTA-SESTA while he was a lawmaker.
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Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who's widely expected to announce a presidential bid, said he opposes federal legalization, but backs decriminalization, medical marijuana, and states' right to legalize.
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"The sky didn't fall when we stopped prosecuting marijuana in Manhattan, and that made it easier to advance the argument for decriminalization in the legislature," Lang said.
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Related: Medical Marijuana, Decriminalization, and Opium: 2016 Looks Big for Drugs in Mexico Last month the governor of the beleaguered southern state of Guerrero floated the idea.
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So regardless of whether the punitive war on drugs, decriminalization, or legalization is the right approach to drug policy, it's an issue that calls for international solutions.
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"In the past two years, there has been an opening," said Rafael Torruellla, director of Decriminalization and of the drug education and research organization Intercambios Puerto Rico.
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"The decriminalization of illicit enrichment, in fact, will mean the provision of impunity for officials at the cost of significant financial problems for all Ukrainians," it said.
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Some worry the decriminalization of sex work would embolden traffickers and further endanger their victims, while others still aren't sure where their constituents are on the issue.
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Comedian Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong fame — a longtime advocate for cannabis decriminalization — hopes to mass produce his brand of legal marijuana, "Chong's Choice," in Adelanto.
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DPA has been strategizing about how to communicate the virtues of decriminalization, in hopes of eventually working to try it through ballot initiatives on the state level.
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Of course, solid arguments for harm reduction and decriminalization can be made by people across the gender spectrum, and some of them are simply about saving money.
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But on the whole, it was indisputably a de-escalation of the so-called war on drugs, a first step toward the more wholesale decriminalization underway today.
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New York lawmakers' efforts to legalize marijuana collapsed in June amid disagreement among Democrats on how to regulate the industry, prompting the introduction of the decriminalization bill.
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I think this is going to remain a terribly divisive issue because, on the one hand, you have people who really see decriminalization as a terrible mistake.
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Many of the solutions would involve the decriminalization or legalization of what are now nonviolent crimes, such as sex work and the possession and sale of drugs.
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"The de facto decriminalization of drugs may have an impact," said Donny Youngblood, the sheriff of Kern County and the president of the California State Sheriffs' Association.
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John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images When asked about full legalization, Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert who supports decriminalization, pushed back against the concept.
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Cases were filed to repeal the law in 1994 and 2001, before the Delhi High Court finally ruled in favor of decriminalization within its jurisdiction in 6.
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Supporters of decriminalization see their efforts as part of a larger, decades-long liberalization of American mores, like lifting Sunday bans on selling alcohol and legalizing marijuana.
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An adviser to the Warren campaign told The Hill that Warren is open to decriminalization and pointed to a Medium post outlining her plans on LGBTQ issues.
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A study in The Lancet on HIV and sex workers showed that decriminalization of sex work would avert 33–46% of HIV infections in the next decade.
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While there is research to suggest that legalization does create a protective veneer that would facilitate the impunity of sex traffickers, decriminalization is a different approach entirely.
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Decriminalization, on the other hand, means that penalties would be lessoned for the offense and law enforcement may be more inclined to use their discretion with enforcement.
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A motion to adopt decriminalization as the party's official policy on prostitution was unceremoniously hoisted and killed by party insiders before it could come to a vote.
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NEW YORK Because of an editing error, an article on Friday about decriminalization of marijuana in New York misstated the previous law governing smoking marijuana in public.
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Decrim NY has emphasized that the new legislation doesn't seek to change trafficking laws, an issue organizers believe will be abated with the decriminalization of sex work.
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But back in Orange County Schroeder says decriminalization—even for women over 18—would backfire because then the DA wouldn't be able to go after the traffickers.
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CrowdLobby officially launched this month with three featured campaigns focused on education, cannabis decriminalization and autism in the state of Virginia, which is where the company is headquartered.
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Former senator Mike Gravel, who initially said he was running not to win but rather to try to get different views onto the debate stage, also supports decriminalization.
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At the time, there was a left-wing government that Wright Sol said had promised to vote in favor, combined with a wave of decriminalization across Latin America.
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The campaign to support this full decriminalization bill, DecrimNow DC, was created by sex workers, with black and trans sex workers the most visible public speakers and leaders.
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About 147 women were sentenced to prison for abortion or homicide between 2000 and 2014, according to the El Salvador–based Citizens' Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion.
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Related: Medical Marijuana, Decriminalization, and Opium: 2016 Looks Big for Drugs in Mexico Meanwhile, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has promised a more humane approach for drug users.
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Jerusalem (CNN)Hundreds of pot smokers unabashedly gathered outside the Knesset on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the unofficial "Weed Day" and the recent decriminalization of marijuana in Israel.
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They also seek the decriminalization of drug-related crimes, and want those convicted of such crimes to be released and have that aspect of their criminal records erased.
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The policy was initially supported by 500 delegates from 80 countries, who believed that decriminalization would help ensure that sex workers are protected from harm, exploitation, and coercion.
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At least 218 women were prosecuted under El Salvador's stringent anti-abortion laws between 22016 and 20163, according to the pressure group Citizens for the Decriminalization of Abortion.
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"The decriminalization of illicit enrichment violates international obligations of Ukraine and may lead to the termination of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, " it said on its website.
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Even the cop who led the opposition to the decriminalization publicly changed his mind, and he told me he hoped the whole world would now follow Portugal's example.
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A five-judge bench made the comments while hearing a challenge to the ban, which the top court reinstated in 2013 after a four-year period of decriminalization.
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Nevertheless, federal decriminalization of marijuana is necessary to clear up legal uncertainties and give states greater freedom in regulating the substance, without fear of reprisal from the government.
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Magic, a marketing firm based in Boulder, connected with the Denver shroom group through Matthew Duffy, an employee at the firm who also volunteered for the decriminalization campaign.
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A broad range of stakeholders – from the American Public Health Association and the International Red Cross to the Movement for Black Lives and the NAACP – have endorsed decriminalization.
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Adam Ebbin has filed a decriminalization bill which would trade out criminal proceeding for a $50.00 fine for first time offenders and a maximum $250.00 fine for violations.
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Divisions among member countries were immediately apparent — while some take the more liberal approaches of legalization and decriminalization, others still favor dealing with drug traffickers by death penalty.
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That might not mean full legalization—it could mean decriminalization or the use of civil penalties—but it shows the progress we are making the case with conservatives.
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That history shows how carveouts in decriminalization plans, like one Mr. de Blasio included in the policy set to take effect next month, can haunt people for years.
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But although the Portuguese model is often described simply as decriminalization, perhaps the more important part is a public health initiative to treat addiction and discourage narcotics use.
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In polls, the proportion of 15- to 153-year-olds who say that they have used illicit drugs in the last month dropped by almost half since decriminalization.
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For one, Bloomberg only backs the decriminalization of marijuana, falling short of full legalization — a stance he explained by saying there's a need for more research into cannabis.
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Bradley Myles, chief executive officer at the Polaris Project, which tracks trafficking in the U.S., argued that full decriminalization would not act as an effective deterrent for trafficking.
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The decriminalization of sex work has also became a subject of debate for 2020 Democratic candidates, some of whom say they're "open" to or would "consider" the idea.
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The Tate Britain in London is now hosting an exhibition, "Queer British Art, 1861-2017," to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in England.
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Until the decision on Sunday, people charged with marijuana use could face heavy fines and even incarceration, though the official policy in recent years effectively amounted to decriminalization.
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But Democrats don't help themselves by taking stands that are either unpopular (on border decriminalization, mandatory Medicare, national anthem protests or fracking) or inflexible (on abortion, for instance).
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In 2015, Amnesty International threw its weight behind decriminalization, though it was later put on blast by a number of female celebrities, including Lena Dunham and Anne Hathaway.
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According to The Washington Post, half of the Democratic presidential candidates support the decriminalization of border crossing, making unauthorized border crossing a civil rather than a criminal offense.
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According to The Washington Post, half of the Democratic presidential candidates support the decriminalization of border crossing, making unauthorized border crossing a civil rather than a criminal offense.
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The last few years has brought the fight for decriminalization—which has been led for years by sex workers—from the fringes of political discourse to the center.
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"Decriminalization or even legalization would definitely be a weapon against traffickers, among whom there could be terrorists who make money off of it," Roberti told Reuters in April.
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The government said that decriminalization of gay sex would lead to the legalization of same-sex marriage, which is not allowed anywhere on the continent apart from South Africa.
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The former US representative from Maryland would not comment on decriminalization of sex work, but told BuzzFeed News in a statement that his administration would tackle sex trafficking aggressively.
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The report found 52 percent of respondents said they either strongly support or somewhat support decriminalization, compared with 21625 percent who opposed it and 2900 percent who were unsure.
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At the same time, states have launched a flurry of decriminalization bills in Congress and pushed ahead with legalization efforts in states like Vermont, New Hampshire, and New Jersey.
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Earlier this year the local movement in favor of decriminalization had already gained the apparent backing of the US Embassy that raised a rainbow flag for LGBTQ Pride Month.
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Previous drugs minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin was extremely progressive, vocally advocating for decriminalization as well as introducing a bill that would bring supervised injecting rooms to Ireland's capital city.
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Of all the candidates currently in the race, Sanders, who officially supports the decriminalization of marijuana possession and legalization of medical cannabis, is the most outspoken on the issue.
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In part a celebration of Britain's 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality—the Sexual Offenses Act 1967—the festival opened with Queerama, a film by Daisy Asquith.
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Yet despite the partial decriminalization of its total ban on abortion a decade ago, millions of women have sought illegal abortions rather than legal procedures, according to one estimate.
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The poll raised two issues that received widespread support among 2628 hopefuls in the first Democratic primary debate: The decriminalization of border crossings and health care for undocumented immigrations.
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At least 129 women were prosecuted under El Salvador's stringent anti-abortion laws between 2000 and 2011, according to the pressure group Citizens Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion.
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Mark Kleiman, one of the leading drug policy experts in the country, once opposed the idea of decriminalization, but he warmed up to it after looking at the evidence.
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Still, as long as cannabis is illegal at the federal level, the industry will mostly attract advocates of the decriminalization of marijuana, rather than those strictly seeking financial gain.
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It was a vibrant movement that would directly lead to the decriminalization of sex, workplace protections, the freedom to openly serve in the military, to marry, to live unremarkably.
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A 2008 study found that after decriminalization, sex workers felt more comfortable reporting abuse to police and more able to insist on safer sex practices and refuse unwanted clients.
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As the presidential campaign continues, Raven calls on Democratic candidates "to be specific about supporting decriminalization, not partial criminalization, and to recognize that criminalizing buying sex hurts sex workers."
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Some Democrats, including presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Julián Castro, have advocated a significant loosening of immigration law, including a decriminalization of the act of illegally crossing the border.
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Despite the fact that the Stonewall riots were sparked by Sylvia Rivera, a trans sex worker, the Stonewall organization has yet to come out with a pro-decriminalization policy.
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It was an absolute outrage to hear Bloomberg call for the decriminalization of marijuana and the expunging of criminal records for those caught with small amounts of the drug.
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Grenell, the driving force behind the decriminalization effort, acknowledged that achieving this goal will not be easy but emphasized the US ability to be a leader in the mission.
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His presidential candidacy struggled to break through in a significant way, but he led the field on a number of progressive issues, including reparations, border decriminalization and housing inequality.
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Ray and others say the new political will to discuss sex work decriminalization in New York would not have been possible without the progressive gains of the 2018 elections.
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I now campaign for the decriminalization of drugs, and my new stand-up comedy show is all about legalization and will be debuting at a local music festival this summer.
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If California were to approve recreational marijuana, for instance, that would be a major victory for decriminalization advocates and a signal that federal legalization might not be that far off.
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That belief is one driver for support for decriminalization, when harsher criminal penalties (jail or prison time) are replaced with a civil fine for possession of small amounts of drugs.
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If this holds, decriminalization could actually make drug-related violence worse — since demand (and subsequently the profitability) of drugs would go up, making them more lucrative for violent criminal groups.
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Although Sanctuary for Families has opposed the broad decriminalization effort, it is backing both Ramos's bill to vacate trafficking-related convictions and the individual measure to repeal the loitering law.
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" Booker emphasized that policies should focus on harm reduction, saying, "The real question here is what will make sex workers safer and reduce exploitation, and abundant evidence points to decriminalization.
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Sex workers have been organizing and advocating tirelessly for the decriminalization of sex work—now widely recognized as the best way to protect sex workers' access to health and justice.
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As part of the plan, the Oregon Health Authority would establish a program to regulate and track psilocybin use at licensed facilities, coupled with decriminalization for possession, manufacture and delivery.
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Today, cannabis continues its slow march toward nationwide decriminalization with voters deciding whether to allow recreational use in Michigan and North Dakota, and for medical purposes in Utah and Missouri.
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India's Supreme Court reinstated a ban on gay sex in 2013, following a four-year period of decriminalization that had allowed a nascent gay culture to come into the open.
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I think that decriminalization is the way to go because as long as what's happening is happening between two consenting adults, there's no reason anyone should be criminalized for it.
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Canada's new decriminalization law will allow individual provinces to decide if they want to participate and, if so, to implement and regulate the legalization of marijuana as they see fit.
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There is a lot of variety in how different countries have adopted the UN conventions, ranging from levels of enforcement even more stringent than US drug laws to outright decriminalization.
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Debate over the legal status of sex work in Mexico and elsewhere is controversial, particularly among some anti-slavery groups who argue that decriminalization provides a cover for human traffickers.
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Morena Herrera is the founder and president of the Citizen's Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion in San Salvador, and is all too familiar with cases like that of Adriana.
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As a wave of pot decriminalization has swept the country, law enforcement agencies have become increasingly eager to get ahold of a portable device that could help catch stoned drivers.
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Some 147 Salvadoran women were sentenced to up to 40 years in prison in such cases between 2000 and 2014, according to the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion.
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That followed the first highly anticipated Democratic primary debates in which virtually all 28500 candidates not only supported the decriminalization of illegal immigration but full medical coverage for undocumented persons.
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Former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres — the very person who oversaw implementation of drug decriminalization in Portugal in 2001 — took the helm as Secretary General of the UN in 2017.
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In an interview on Radio Fórmula after the announcement, Peña Nieto said he opposes full decriminalization because he believes marijuana leads to the use and abuse of more harmful substances.
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He noted that decriminalization was the first step toward legalizing marijuana, and said that proponents of the psilocybin measure, which he opposes, might be trying to travel the same road.
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At an initial hearing on Thursday, more than 150 people — many of them current and former sex workers — gave radically different opinions about whether decriminalization would cause prostitutes greater harm.
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This summer's marches and documentaries celebrating the decriminalization of homosexuality are inspiring, at one level, but they are also a painful reminder that 1967 was a very long time ago.
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Wade's protections, it's critical that the rest of us work toward full decriminalization of abortion, so nobody needs to fear investigation or arrest for ending a pregnancy, fulfilling Roe v.
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You can smoke weed during the sex partyAccording to Saynt, decriminalization has made it easier and safer for the club to allow its users to light up during play parties.
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That's why the battle for decriminalization is not just about monetizing sex work, but about a way for women to claim ownership of their sexuality, their bodies, and their selves.
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A referendum on the decriminalization of blasphemy will also be held, while a vote on whether to remove a constitutional reference to a "women's place ... in the home" was postponed.
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Today, eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational use and most states have passed some version of decriminalization or removed prohibitions on the use of medical marijuana.
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Decriminalization — turning marijuana possession into a violation, which Mr. Berenson proposes as an alternative to legalization — does not do enough to ensure the end of racially biased searches and arrests.
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Fortunately, while a key House committee voted against the latest decriminalization bill back in February, the full House managed to resurrect it last week in a voice vote of 193-104.
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In a move seen as a step toward marijuana decriminalization, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced a new policy that would cut down on prosecution for recreational use of the drug.
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Although recent polling from Decrim NY suggests that decriminalization has support among Democrats, with 56% saying they were in favor, the issue has proved difficult for the left to rally around.
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Given the stigma associated with the industry, getting a major metropolitan government to seriously consider decriminalization would be a major coup for a constituency that has largely operated in the shadows.
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With campaigns such as our own calling for more harm reduction and decriminalization, it has drawn more light in the public domain about safer drug practices and policies that reduce harm.
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Meanwhile, a number of studies of countries where sex work is legal have routinely found that legalization or decriminalization of sex work is often correlated with lower rates of sexual assault.
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Critics have noted that, among other things, Farley frequently presents misleading anecdotes and statistics — like a claim that street-based sex work increased 400 percent in Auckland after decriminalization — as fact.
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In 2000, he started an organisation called The Lakshya Trust to work towards the prevention of HIV amongst gay men and now actively campaigns for the decriminalization of homosexuality in India.
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The organization has become one of the leading voices in Southeast Asia and throughout the world, advocating decriminalization of the trade as the best option for the people involved in it.
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While the legalization of medical and recreational cannabis is becoming more prevalent across the United States, activist organizations in Denver and Oregon are now pushing for the decriminalization of magic mushrooms.
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The millennial campaigner Sara Garcia is a campaigner with the Citizens' Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, which has played a key role in leading the younger generation's abortion rights efforts.
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Amnesty drew support from public-health advocates and activists who see decriminalization as the best means of reducing the harms associated with the sex industry, including underage prostitution, trafficking and violence.
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Following decades of criticizing prosecution of the drug war, we have joined a growing chorus of advocates across the political spectrum calling for its end and for decriminalization of drug possession.
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"Yet Imelda is being treated as a criminal, not a victim of sexual violence," said Romero, who works for the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion (CDFA) in El Salvador.
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Cory Booker is making the national legalization of marijuana a centerpiece of his new racial justice bill -- staking out a position that goes far beyond the decriminalization other Democrats have backed.
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In spring 2016, the human rights advocacy organization Amnesty International took a bold step: It officially endorsed sex work decriminalization as the most effective and humane political response to sex work.
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Instead of pursuing the ballot initiative, Decriminalize Sex Work said it will now offer $100,000 as a grant to qualifying organizations in DC that want to pursue their own decriminalization efforts.
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There's been similarly encouraging research for psilocybin, the psychedelic ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms, as a depression treatment (the movement for decriminalization in the U.S. is also picking up steam).
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To be clear: There is absolutely a constituency within the current Democratic Party for ideas like "Medicare for All," which would end private insurance entirely, and the decriminalization of illegal immigration.
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This is another barrier to overcome: If people are often confused about what they're talking about when they talk about sex work, they are likewise confused by what decriminalization actually entails.
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Sex workers quickly mobilized and built an even broader coalition of support for the decriminalization of their work, which now includes a number of politicians at the state and federal level.
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While most people agreed with the necessity of some amnesty, as the criminal justice system disproportionately affects people from marginalized communities, there was little agreement on what decriminalization should look like.
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But even if you don't care about the moral case for decriminalization, remember: if we decriminalized drugs, the Northern Triangle destruction by drug gangs in Honduras and elsewhere would be curtailed.
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Criminal justice: against the death penalty, private prisons, marijuana criminalization, and cash bail Sanders/Warren: Both support all Buttigieg/Biden policies below (including marijuana legalization) as well as decriminalization of homelessness.
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Advocates have pushed for the document, which will shape global drug policy for years to come, to include references to harm reduction, decriminalization, and an acknowledgement of the drug war's failure.
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It would repeal sections of the penal code that make prostitution, "loitering for the purposes of prostitution"—a measure decriminalization advocates call the "walking while trans ban"— and "promoting" prostitution misdemeanors.
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"The meeting was an opportunity to listen to and discuss ideas on how the US can advance decriminalization of LGBTI status and conduct around the world," the State Department spokesperson said.
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On a more municipal level, voters in various cities across Ohio weighed questions related to decriminalization and minimizing punishments so that possession is treated like a traffic ticket instead of a misdemeanor.
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A thoughtful response would also push for sex work decriminalization, as laws that criminalize sex work like FOSTA-SESTA further marginalize sex workers, increasing their already disproportionately high risk for HIV transmission.
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Warren released a plan for criminal justice reform earlier this year that calls for decriminalization of school truancy nationwide as well as the repeal of a 1994 crime bill authored by Biden.
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The media spotlight has been on the sex industry since Amnesty International proposed its decriminalization, with Hollywood A-listers including Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson calling Amnesty to reject its own proposal.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Opposes Decriminalization: Supports Gravel, the former Alaska senator who's made a name for himself in 2020 with a standout social-media strategy involving teenagers, stands out in another big way.
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The other side: Opponents of decriminalization argue that by lessening the consequences for drug use, more people will do drugs, which they say will fuel addiction, drug dealing networks and other crime.
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So when Cabán, a first-time candidate with an unapologetic stance on decriminalization, decided to take on the Queens establishment, her campaign made national headlines, as did her primary victory on Tuesday.
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But Tsitsi Matekaire, of women's rights group Equality Now, said it was wrong to look at prostitution solely as a health issue, adding decriminalization was not the best way to protect women.
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While two years ago a bill to further criminalize sex work almost made it through the Scottish Parliament, this year politicians will be looking at a bill in favour of full decriminalization.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women's rights are under attack in Europe, a group of feminist political parties warned on Monday, demanding decriminalization of abortion across the EU ahead of elections this week.
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In 2014, Lalitha Kumaramangalam, the chairwoman of India's National Commission on Women, came out in favor of decriminalization, saying it would help protect sex workers from violence and improve their health care.
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But no one really suspected then that within two weeks, Democratic candidates for president would be pledging support for competing legislative visions of what they called (at times, incorrectly) sex work decriminalization.
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According to The Salvadoran Citizens' Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, which has petitioned for their pardons, a total of 25 are currently in jail, sentenced without due process or sufficient evidence.
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"We're all from such different backgrounds and have such different experiences—some more negative than others—but the one thread we all agree on is that we all want decriminalization," says Beth.
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The Greens have been pushing decriminalization in the past few months, an approach that may combat the fact that the number of illicit drug offenses has been rising in Australia since 2008.
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Obrador hopes to "rewrite the rules of the drug war," proposing decriminalization, taking military personnel off the streets, and honing in on the causes of poverty which feed into the drug war.
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The 2013 "Cole memo" that recognized that marijuana was still illegal under federal law but gave prosecutors permission to direct resources away from enforcement in states with decriminalization laws is no more.
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"Prostitution is inherently violent," said Ane Mathieson, a program specialist at Sanctuary for Families, a Manhattan-based organization that serves victims of domestic violence and is part of an anti-decriminalization coalition.
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The decriminalization bills offered by lawmakers in Massachusetts and Maine would create systems something akin to the "Nordic Model," eliminating criminal penalties for prostitutes, but continuing to criminalize sex buyers and pimps.
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"This follows from increasing momentum by leaders in Latin America in calling for alternatives to the war on drugs," said Hannah Hetzer, an analyst at the Drug Policy Alliance, which favors decriminalization.
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Decriminalization also will not generate the economic gains that could be reinvested back into the same communities that shouldered the brunt of overzealous marijuana prohibition and the war on drugs for decades.
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But while some states went the decriminalization route, Colorado, Washington, the District of Columbia and nine other states have gone full bore to legalization; 22 others have broadly defined medical marijuana laws.
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This progressive reputation -- Ardern has also supported LGBT rights and called for cannabis decriminalization -- made it all the more shocking when the country was the subject of a far-right terrorist attack.
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In El Salvador, the abortion ban also has put dozens of women behind bars, according to the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Therapeutic, Ethical, and Eugenic Abortion, a local rights group.
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The decriminalization bill was the latest in a flurry of progressive-minded legislation pushed through the statehouse as the closing days of the legislative session dragged beyond its scheduled end on Wednesday.
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Portugal's drug addiction rate is five times lower than the EU average, per Vice; the number of new HIV infections per year has fallen by 95 percent since decriminalization came into effect.
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Thanks to the growth of online marketplaces, accessible technology for getting around security restrictions, and the decriminalization of ticket resales in some states, scalpers can cash in without leaving their living rooms.
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Bans on medicinal cannabis are being lifted in domino fashion across the world and more countries—even old school anti-drug warriors such as Norway—are ushering in decriminalization and harm reduction measures.
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This would not fully legalize pot across the US, but it could allow states to carry out marijuana reform — from decriminalization to medical legalization to outright legalization — without the threat of federal interference.
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That would not fully legalize marijuana across the US, but it could allow states to carry out marijuana reform — from decriminalization to medical legalization to outright legalization — without the threat of federal interference.
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Only three of the 23 major democratic candidates for president told BuzzFeed News they would support decriminalization, and in some cases it's not clear that that support extends beyond removing penalties for sellers.
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A lot has changed in the 28 years since its release: the decriminalization of sex work has been claimed as a feminist issue by many, with the view that it's just another job.
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"What we tried to do was weave 4,000 years of history and experience into something that furthers the conversation and hopefully plays some role on the path to decriminalization and legalization," said Matlins.
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The decriminalization model the group proposes involves repealing parts of the state penal code that deem prostitution and "promoting prostitution" criminal behavior, and target transgender women and transgender women of color in particular.
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Facts First: Some Democrats, including presidential candidates such as Elizabeth Warren and Julián Castro, have advocated a significant loosening of immigration law, including a decriminalization of the act of illegally crossing the border.
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Colombia, Mexico, and weed-legal Uruguay (whose president let VICE's Krishna Andavolu smoke a joint during their interview) all came out in favor of experiments with medical marijuana and other steps toward decriminalization.
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Given that most US voters oppose decriminalization and medical legalization for all the non-marijuana drugs we polled for, it's little surprise that respondents strongly oppose legalizing non-marijuana drugs for recreational uses.
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The report found that there was "no obvious" relationship between harsh drug laws and a deterrent effect on people's drug use, which then sparked further debate on why the UK isn't pursuing decriminalization.
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"Like many feminists, I'm conflicted about sex work," says Liesl Gerntholtz, executive director of the women's rights division at Human Rights Watch, which took a stand in favor of decriminalization four years ago.
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Last year, an analysis in The Lancet predicted that "decriminalization of sex work could have the largest effect on the course of the H.I.V. epidemic," by increasing access to condoms and medical treatment.
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More importantly, marijuana decriminalization would free up federal law enforcement resources to fight crime that's actually pernicious, and it would help bring an end to the colossal racial injustices that pervade drug policing.
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This decriminalization of a drug that is now widely accepted is an important step because it reduces justice system involvement for many, particularly people of color, who are simply not dangerous to anyone.
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Similarly, we were proud to become the first national Hispanic group to call for the decriminalization of cannabis, given its history of being rooted in racism, false science and criminal persecution against Latinos.
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Any U.S. elected official who claims to have an evidence-based, forward-thinking public health and criminal justice reform agenda has no good scientific, ethical or political reason not to support drug decriminalization.
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While drug use itself is still not technically legal in Portugal, the decriminalization process has all but removed police involvement from casual use, instead keeping cops' focus on interdiction and high-level suppliers.
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A renewed sex workers' rights movement has gained support in response: The DecrimNY coalition has mobilized to support sex workers, and, last year, two senators spoke on plans to introduce a decriminalization bill.
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Divided into eight spaces, the show moves chronologically from the UK's abolition of the death penalty for sodomy in 18613 to its 21861 Sexual Offences Act, which included the partial decriminalization of homosexuality.
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Activists have been pushing for decriminalization worldwide for years, and they've had some successes: New Zealand removed criminal penalties in 2003, and Amnesty International called on all countries to do so in 2016.
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"I was asked earlier this week on a radio show if I would settle for decriminalization as a backup, and I said I keep fighting," Mr. Cuomo said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Other nations that have moved towards decriminalization or legalization — a handful in South America, as well as Portugal and Mexico — are expected to ask the UN to recognize the drug as, essentially, harmless.
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Some critics of full legalization instead favor smaller steps toward reform, like allowing pot only for medical uses or decriminalization, which would remove criminal penalties for possession but keep distribution and sales illegal.
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Most conversations around legal advocacy for sex workers tend to focus on a handful of big ticket items, like the fight for decriminalization or protecting sex workers from rapist cops like Daniel Holtzclaw.
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A ruling in favor of proponents of decriminalization would be the first step toward legalizing abortion in this nation of 210 million, where an estimated one in five women have terminated unwanted pregnancies.
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In a poll released in August, almost 55 percent of respondents said domestic violence should be a criminal offense in Russia, more than 24 percent favored decriminalization and almost 21 percent were unsure.
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Candidates backed by organizations like Emily's List would push for everything from decriminalization of sex work to advocating for immigration policies that aren't the mishmash of cruelty and racism that we see now.
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Set in Dublin, this novel takes place against the backdrop of, on the one hand, the relatively recent decriminalization of homosexuality and, on the other, the last months of the Northern Irish Troubles.
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Niki Adams is a spokesperson for the English Collective of Prostitutes, a UK collective of female sex workers campaigning for decriminalization and better protection for those who work on the street and indoors.
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I hope that farmers like Mwembo will still be able to provide for their families if the UN moves toward international decriminalization of weed and the bottom falls out of the illicit market.
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I talked with Sabet in 2015 about his opposition to legal pot, why it doesn't prevent him from supporting decriminalization and more access to medical research, and whether he thinks legalization is inevitable.
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Besides decriminalization, high on the legislative agenda for activists is the repeal of so-called "walking while trans" laws, which allow police officers to treat any trans woman walking down the street with suspicion.
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Campaign groups and collectives like Decrim Now and SWARM are calling for full decriminalization, but in the meantime strippers—whose work is entirely legal—are unionizing in the hopes of sparking industry-wide change.
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"Katz does not support the wholesale decriminalization of the sex trade, recognizing the harms of an unfettered industry of exploitation and the violence that comes with it," NOW-NYC said in a press release.
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In 2008, the Vatican called for decriminalization of homosexuality but opposed a non-binding U.N. resolution on the issue because it believed that other parts of it equated same-sex unions with heterosexual marriage.
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On Monday, hundreds of sex workers held a demonstration, interrupting the Minister of Justice's speech, at the 21st International Aids Conference in Durban to protest against stigma and violence, and to call for decriminalization.
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Some 147 Salvadoran women were sentenced to up to 40 years in prison in such cases between 2000 and 2014, according to the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, a local rights group.
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Holly Burkhalter, Senior Adviser for Justice System Transformation, I.J.M. Emily Bazelon's article, while comprehensive, fails to recognize much of the serious economic research that addresses what decriminalization in the United States would look like.
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New Zealand decriminalized sex work in 2003, and has since become the model for full decriminalization, now backed by many human rights groups and NGOs such as Amnesty International and the World Health Organization.
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Virginia's new governor Ralph Northam heralded the benefits of decriminalization during his run for office, and the state's second biggest city, Richmond, has has made a strong call for the state to ratify plans.
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The event started in 1978 as a protest march for gay rights and the decriminalization of homosexuality but has since grown into a major tourist spectacle featuring leather, sequins, glitter, lasers and dance music.
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"If something like this is included in the new law, it could be used against rappers, social workers, and even Human Rights Watch itself, which advocates for the decriminalization of drug use," she noted.
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A measure legalizing psilocybin therapy is likely to be on the ballot in Oregon in 2020, and activists in California are mounting a second campaign to get a decriminalization measure on the ballot there.
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"There's no quality assurance of what is being sold [with just decriminalization], so in an illicit market, people can be sold tainted substances that can make them sick or even kill them," Bogart said.
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We are firmly embedded within other movements, weaving our advocacy through resistance to the prison industrial complex, in opposition to police violence and borders, the struggle against austerity, or the fight for drug decriminalization.
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People who did not apply for a pardon under Mr. Shumilin can still apply to have marijuana possession convictions expunged from their record through a court process established under a 2013 state decriminalization law.
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But the progressive lawmaker remained light-hearted about the episode Tuesday, fielding the line of inquiry on his health after his primary rivals were queried on drug decriminalization and the prosecution of pharmaceutical executives.
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Keohokalole said that if his resolution does not pass, he plans to reintroduce the bill next year with an expanded scope exploring decriminalization models in other countries, including Czech Republic, Uruguay, and the Netherlands.
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It was a response to the first decriminalization campaigns of the 1960s and '70s, and a pro-marijuana movement came about in the '90s as a result, and the wheel hasn't stopped turning yet.
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Ms. Salazar said she had been impressed by how rapidly decriminalization has become more mainstream to discuss, both nationally and in New York, where Democrats unseated eight Republican incumbents in the Senate in November.
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The announcement arrives on the heels of a decriminalization bill in D.C., which was reintroduced last week after similar legislation died in the city council in 2017, having never been brought to a vote.
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Some 147 Salvadoran women have been sentenced to up to 40 years in prison in such cases between 2000 and 2014, according to the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, a local rights group.
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Advocates for decriminalization have been wary of taking Harris's position at face value because of her history with the issue as the district attorney of San Francisco, when she opposed a measure to decriminalize prostitution.
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D.C.'s decriminalization proposal would remove criminal penalties for adults engaged in prostitution—selling sex and buying sex, as well decriminalizing non-violent third parties like managers or security, and sex workers' places of business.
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Breaking with the position of many social libertarians in favor of decriminalizing prostitution outright, Johnson said the matter should be decided state-by-state and seemed to imply Nevada's decriminalization model was one to follow.
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Jessica Raven, another member of Decrim NY's steering committee, cut her teeth as an organizer for sex work advocacy working for its counterpart in Washington, DC, where legislators introduced a full decriminalization bill in 2016.
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Three months earlier, at a meeting attended by about 500 delegates from 80 countries, Amnesty voted to adopt a proposal in favor of the "full decriminalization of consensual sex work," sparking a storm of controversy.
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"The United States would do well to study the example of Portugal, which has found success by taking a demand-oriented approach to drug control," Shultz writes, referring to Portugal's 2001 decriminalization of drug use.
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Four decades on, a global push for decriminalization has made "sex work" a buzzword and political talking point, particularly in light of FOSTA/SESTA, a controversial anti-trafficking bill signed by Trump just last year.
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The goal is full decriminalization, which would mean not only rolling back the laws that make sex work a crime in any given state, but treating sex work like a job in any other industry.
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This belief helps explain why so many 2020 candidates hoping to win the progressive vote — including Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris — embraced ideas like a ban on fracking and the decriminalization of the border.
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But Mr. Scutari said that decriminalization would simply create an open-air drug market that would allow drug dealers to get richer without creating any kind of regulatory system to control how marijuana is sold.
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Of course, most 2020 Democratic contenders are calling for some form of legalization or at least decriminalization, and almost all of their stances hinge on righting social injustices of the decades-long war on drugs.
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And Cabán, a 31-year-old Queens native and a former public defender and a Latina queer woman, has some very big plans, including the decriminalization of sex work and the end of cash bail.
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If we are going to compare the problems associated with alcohol, and its prohibition, with current debates about drug laws, we should recognize that our options are not only laissez-faire decriminalization or authoritarian intrusiveness.
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President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a leftist critic of Mexico's longstanding drug war, has since last year signaled his openness to the decriminalization of marijuana as part of a broader shift on security policy. Sen.
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It's also the only nation on the continent where sex work is legal and regulated by health policy, according to the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP), which advocates for decriminalization of the profession.
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A Commonwealth Secretariat spokesman said there were more LGBT events this year than at the last CHOGM in 2015 including a roundtable on LGBT rights and reception to brief lawmakers on economic developments favoring decriminalization.
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Related: Amnesty International Votes to Push for the Decriminalization of Sex Work "These sites are illegal because they put clients in touch with individuals who provide sexual services," says Paris-based attorney Henri de Beauregard.
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Advocates for reform argue that existing policies have caused more harm than good, and even the World Health Organization, the UN's health agency, has called for harm reduction measures and the decriminalization of drug users.
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The perfect weapon against people who are pro-porn and pro-decriminalization of sex work is a "reformed" sex worker who has been there and wants to tell people from the inside how horrible it is.
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We're yet to see how the other Democratic candidates stand on sex work, but it would be optimistic to believe that any of them will vocally support sex workers' rights, or even decriminalization of sex work.
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Related: Amnesty International Votes to Push for the Decriminalization of Sex Work Police reportedly confiscated 6.4 million euros ($7.2 million) in cash, cars, and property, also including 12 apartments and other premises in Berlin and nationwide.
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Decriminalization means that carrying small amounts of drugs would not lead to arrest or jail time, while defelonization means that carrying these drugs wouldn't result in a felony charge, but could still be grounds for arrest.
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Q: You have tried to bring in some progressive legislation in parliament in the form of private member's bills on transgender rights, decriminalization of homosexuality and sedition, which are all a legacy of British colonial rule.
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But some lawmakers who view the two pieces of legislation as common sense still have lingering questions about Decrim NY's broader proposal of full decriminalization, a package of legislation expected to be introduced later this month.
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In response to the failures and unintended consequences, many drug policy experts and historians have called for reforms: a larger focus on rehabilitation, the decriminalization of currently illicit substances, and even the legalization of all drugs.
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"Lawmakers have failed to fulfil their obligations because they have not guaranteed the constitutional right to health and life of girls and women," local rights group, the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion (CFDA) said.
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States, which have been experimenting with decriminalization since the 1970s, have embraced even recreational use for adults in some cases as the list of uses have grown and list of threats from the drug have declined.
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The video featuring Rhayem and others like it direct viewers to a website that lists candidates who have publicly called for the decriminalization of homosexuality, as well as those who have come out against the move.
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The guidance, issued by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Singh Grewal in a memo to local prosecutors, comes as Grewal's office prepares to establish a working group to study local authority in matters of marijuana decriminalization.
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This came as part of a one-two punch to working-class voters given that in the previous night's debate, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro called for the decriminalization of illegal border crossings.
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It's Pete ButtigiegPeter (Pete) Paul ButtigiegTrump trails top five 6900 Democrats in national poll Two new polls show Biden with big edge on Warren, Sanders We know Mayor Buttigieg's drug decriminalization plan works — ask Portugal MORE.
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While his position on SESTA/FOSTA is notable, he has not voiced support for decriminalization, and has, in some cases, advocated for piecemeal solutions that limit criminal penalties for sex work, but don't eliminate them entirely.
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Liz Kreuger, who represents that district, has long been a vocal proponent of marijuana decriminalization, and has often underscored the fact that her constituents get an easier ride than people who live in less affluent neighborhoods.
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As we learned last week, the Home Affairs Select Committee released a report calling for the decriminalization of sex work after a long enquiry that some worried would lead to more regressive policing of the occupation.
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Some in the medical community who've witnessed the onset of the crisis and its effects on patients have started speaking out about potential public policy solutions, from positions on decriminalization of drug use to legalizing heroin.
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The most controversial aspect of the campaign is likely to be the issue of removing the 24-week time limit on abortions, but Bpas insists decriminalization would not lead to an increase in late-term abortions.
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Progressives in the 2020 race have, of course, touted their Medicare-for-all proposals, and some, like former Obama official Julián Castro, have called for major changes to immigration policy, including the decriminalization of illegal entry.
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Hernandez did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but a representative for the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, a local rights group, said a statement would be issued later in the day.
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"Usually the focus is on the decriminalization itself, but it worked because there were other services, and the coverage increased for needle replacement, detox, therapeutic communities, and employment options for people who use drugs," said Fuertes.
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New York may be next: Some Democratic lawmakers are about to propose a comprehensive decriminalization bill that would eliminate penalties for both women and men engaged in prostitution, as well as the johns whom they service.
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My take is that decriminalization on its own might have led to a modest increase in the use of hard drugs, but that this was swamped by public health efforts that led to an overall decline.
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Buttigieg has said that possession of any illegal drug, including cocaine and methamphetamine, should not be punished by incarceration, but he has not called for the complete decriminalization of the possession of those drugs in particular.
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Through extensive interviews with convicted human traffickers, commercial sex consumers, consenting sex workers, and survivors of sex trafficking, I conclude, in part, that decriminalization of sex work is an evidenced based approach to combating sex trafficking.
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Still, the debate between legalization supporters and opponents about whether decriminalization goes far enough shows that the overall drug policy debate isn't about whether America's punitive laws should change, but rather how far change should go.
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"I've been waiting for this day for 30 years," said Cecilia Gentili, a transgender woman who did sex work and is now a member of Decrim NY, the coalition behind the decriminalization push in New York.
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Sonia Ossorio, president of the New York City chapter of the National Organization for Women, said the decriminalization effort, if successful, would effectively set up a new industry and give legitimacy to existing brothels and pimps.
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Grenell and his staff at the US Embassy in Berlin hosted a meeting with 11 activists from across Europe to discuss the issue of decriminalization, a State Department spokesperson confirmed to Vox in an emailed statement.
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The Center, working with the Salvadoran advocacy group Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto (Citizens' Coalition for the Decriminalization of Abortion), first filed a petition on behalf of Manuela and her surviving family five years ago.
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The Supreme Court had in a surprise ruling in 2013 reinstated a ban on gay sex after a four-year period of decriminalization, but it announced in January this year that it would reconsider the 2013 decision.
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DCMJ, a community group fighting for decriminalization and the rescheduling of marijuana, headed the protest in which about 200 people participated and many smoked or vaped marijuana in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue at 4:20 p.m.
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This project follows on the work of a smaller, experimental plantation at a secret location in the capital, Santiago, and comes as Chile's Congress debates the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana for personal use and cultivation.
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Approximately 60 percent of the college graduates polled this past spring were in favor of recreational use, while around 55 percent of those with some college favored the decriminalization, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
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Twenty-nine states (and Washington, DC) have given residents access to some form of medical marijuana, eight have legalized recreational use, and a contingent of politicians, policy experts, and advocacy groups continue to fight for further decriminalization.
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Recently, a draft proposal by Amnesty International advocating decriminalization of the sex trade was leaked, and in the summer of 2015, the Twitter-sphere was ablaze with censure, including the likes of Lena Dunham and Gloria Steinem.
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"Why would [Amnesty] call on the decriminalization of exploiters of [the] most marginalized human beings on the planet?" said Taina Bien-Aimé, the director of the Coalition Against the Trafficking of Women (CATW), a US-based nonprofit.
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The U.S. embassy is flying in LGBT activists from across Europe for a strategy dinner to plan to push for decriminalization in places that still outlaw homosexuality — mostly concentrated in the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean.
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We could develop alternative responses to drug use that involve decriminalization, support services that people identify they need, and a public health approach to drug use that is problematic (which is a small percentage of drug use).
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Younger, liberal, and Democratic voters generally voiced higher levels of support for decriminalization and legalization for medical and recreational purposes, but a big majority still opposed all three of these policy changes for every drug but marijuana.
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NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian schoolchildren are learning about same-sex couples in a new textbook, in the latest sign of shifting attitudes in the socially conservative country following the decriminalization of gay sex last year.
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"Decrim NY also calls on all presidential candidates to support the full decriminalization of sex work to promote the the safety, wellbeing, and health of all people in the sex trades," the group added in its release.
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Daschle, who now sits on the board of directors at the Center for American Progress, said he is not in favor of legalizing nationwide cannabis at the moment, but he does support decriminalization on a federal level.
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Moreover, a report into Britain's drug laws—to be published later this year by the government's own drug advisory body, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs—looks set to back decriminalization as an effective policy.
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Through its judgments, the court has reinforced freedom and justice across the Continent — from limiting pretrial detention in Russia to initiating the decriminalization of homosexuality in Cyprus and making it harder to gag investigative journalists in Britain.
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Studies have shown that black and brown New Yorkers are disproportionately targeted for marijuana possession, and many who saw the video online said Gayle's arrest is the latest example of excessive racial policing despite the decriminalization law.
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At Tuesday's debate, the majority of candidates on the stage supported legalization — and even the moderates, like Biden and Bloomberg, backed decriminalization, which would remove criminal penalties for possession but typically keep a civil fine in place.
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Women's rights campaigners who support decriminalization or legalization of sex work hope Healy's honour will help tackle stigma and encourage sex workers who are victims of violence to report crimes to the police without fear of retribution.
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Krystal Ball describes Andrew YangAndrew YangVoter support for universal basic income grows: poll Poll: Biden leads 2020 Democrats by 2 points as Warren surges Yang backs impeachment effort: 'There have to be limits' MORE's drug decriminalization plan.
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Matt Beard, executive director of campaign group All Out, said despite a Commonwealth commitment to create a "better future for all citizens", there was no plan to discuss lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender decriminalization at the summit.
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But despite the positive results, no US state has ever seriously considered trying to implement Portuguese-style decriminalization as a solution to the recent nationwide surge in overdose deaths and soaring incarceration rates — at least until now.
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Keohokalole said that Hawaii must be "mindful" of the federal government's reaction to any state-level drug policies, and he noted that examining how it might respond to Portuguese-style decriminalization would be part of the study.
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Kat Brady, a coordinator for the Community Alliance on Prisons, who gave testimony in support of the decriminalization study, blamed Hawaii's drug policy for the state's prison issues, and said it's time to look at other strategies.
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With New York's legislative session ending on June 19—a matter of days away—Decrim NY is looking ahead to more community outreach to educate the public about what decriminalization means, debunk misconceptions, and address any concerns.
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Brand currently spends time as a political activist campaigning for reform, utilizing talk-show appearances, meetings with government officials, and his general celebrity status to address issues like economic equality, addiction, capitalism, and the decriminalization of drugs.
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That could change in the near future, as activists have taken to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, and Albany, New York, to lobby lawmakers for legislation that would make their lives easier, including the decriminalization of sex work.
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Net neutrality, decriminalization or legalization of marijuana, the freedom to do what you want, and net neutrality is way up on that list because it gives people freedom to pursue things on the internet without too much cost.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Supports Decriminalization: Unclear Klobuchar was not just a supporter of FOSTA-SESTA in the Senate, she was a co-sponsor of the bill, and the centrist senator is known for her exaggerated rhetoric about sex trafficking.
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The note of praise came after Sanders unveiled a comprehensive immigration plan on Thursday, including calling for the decriminalization of border crossings, an issue that had previously been advocated by Castro, the former Housing and Urban Development secretary.
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The group is working with Senate Women's Health Committee Chair Julia Salazar, Senate Labor Committee Chair Jessica Ramos and Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried to introduce state decriminalization legislation in New York, NBC 4 New York reported.
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The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse supports decriminalization, a public health approach that imposes penalties intended to discourage marijuana use and encourage treatment when necessary — for example, fines or mandatory evaluation by an addiction treatment professional.
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Cuomo said Friday at a press conference that the passage of decriminalization was a good first step after supporters in the legislature realized earlier this month that they did not have the votes required to pass full legalization.
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The top 10 percent of alcohol drinkers, for example, account for more than half the alcohol consumed in any given year in the US. Decriminalization, then, is a bit of a compromise in reforming the war on drugs.
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Ending criminal penalties for drug possession, often referred to as decriminalization, means nobody gets arrested, goes to jail or prison, or faces other forms of criminal punishment simply for possessing a small amount of drugs for personal use.
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People caught carrying personal amounts of drugs, including cocaine and heroin, are being diverted away from the criminal justice system in what could mark the first step towards the decriminalization of drugs in the UK, VICE can reveal.
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In previous eras, decriminalization had been championed largely by libertarians, who saw a lot of government waste in a system that needlessly locked people up, and by hippies, who just wanted to be left alone to get stoned.
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In Baltimore, police are not arresting and prosecutors will not prosecute people for drug possession, essentially achieving decriminalization of use, a policy that advocates have long said is necessary in order to provide true medical care for addiction.
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With this, sex work decriminalization joins other allegedly divisive political issues, like Medicare for All, which are in fact very popular—if only voters are asked about them in a way that doesn't preemptively cave to their opposition.
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The shift toward acceptance of marijuana use could also open doors for further decriminalization or descheduling of other mind-altering drugs like LSD and psilocybin that have the potential to treat anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions.
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But on Sunday, he fleshed out that stance, spelling out the specific drugs he would decriminalize when found in small amounts and saying that the goal of decriminalization is to get more Americans into treatment and out of jail.
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Abby* from the English Collective of Prostitutes, a sex worker-founded activism group that campaigns for the decriminalization of the industry, believes that it is linked to the lack of support most sex workers encounter in the health system.
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More boldly, they want to offer strategic guidance (alongside similar groups like Decriminalize Nature, which won its own shroom victory in Oakland, California) to others hungry for psychedelic decriminalization—and perhaps even later pursue recreational legalization—across the country.
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According to its own website, in March, the group raised nearly $80,000 at a benefit gala at the Portland Art Museum, and its signature medical legalization measure—not mere decriminalization—may be on the ballot in Oregon next year.
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In the past month, public health authorities in Toronto and Montreal made international news by calling for drug decriminalization — following in the footsteps of the city of Vancouver, which officially recommended in March that the Canadian government decriminalize drugs.
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"Attorney General Jeff Sessions's decision bulldozes over the will of the American people and insults the democratic process under which majorities of voters in California and in states across the nation supported decriminalization at the ballot box," she said.
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Under decriminalization, possession of small amounts of pot no longer carries jail or prison time but can continue to carry a fine, and possession of larger amounts, repeat offenses, and sales or trafficking can still result in harsher sentences.
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As changing social attitudes following the decriminalization of homosexuality allowed gay men to live more openly—and with British radio comedy series Round the Horne popularizing the language to a mainstream audience—the reason for its existence was lost.
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The difference is this: Decriminalization is just that — possession does not make you a criminal under state law (although pot is still a Schedule I drug under U.S. law, and as such possession still is a federal criminal violation).
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The royal endorsement given to Healy is a "slap in the face to women everywhere", said Rachel Moran, an activist who opposes decriminalization as she argues it will increase violence against women and make exploitation easier for sex traffickers.
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The bill's two sponsors in the State Senate were both newly elected in November: Senator Jessica Ramos, a Democrat from Queens, and Senator Julia Salazar, a Brooklyn Democrat, whose campaign for office last year included an endorsement of decriminalization.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday backed the decriminalization of marijuana, unveiling a bill removing it from the federal schedule of controlled substances days after President Donald Trump softened his own stance over the drug.
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Use and possession are still illegal under state law, though decriminalization (which is not the same thing as legalization), and a federal blind-eye approach to small-scale operations during the Obama administration spurred on growth that is hard to stall.
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Mr. Paul's support for reclassifying possession of "very small amounts" of controlled substances as a misdemeanor is a far cry from calling for the across-the-board decriminalization that a true libertarian would promote (at his or her political peril).
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Although the success of these commissions has yet to be thoroughly evaluated, it is possible that even as decriminalization increased drug use, the commissions and more access to treatment got so many people off drugs that drug use still fell overall.
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His decriminalization position marks a bit of a shift for Biden, who served as vice president in the Obama administration, which did not move to decriminalize marijuana, reschedule the drug or publicly support automatically expunging of criminal records of marijuana offenses.
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Sex work has also been legal in some parts of Nevada since 1971, but that primarily applies to rural areas of the state, and advocates for decriminalization say the regulatory regime there fails to protect the most marginalized sex workers.
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Next month, the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) will endorse a resolution that many hoped would encourage countries to stop locking up and marginalizing drug users, and instead embrace harm reduction, alternatives to incarceration, and even decriminalization.
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In August, Amnesty International formally adopted a policy that advocates for what it calls "the decriminalization of all aspects of consensual adult sex — sex work that does not involve coercion, exploitation, or abuse," a position supported by global public-health groups.
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Queer Tours of London was set up last year as a series of walks aimed at sharing the complex history of LGBT activism in the city, to mark 50 years since the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in Britain in 1967.
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Today's activism around decriminalization is largely spurred by issues of social justice and the belief that criminalizing pot contributes to mass incarceration, according to scholar Emily Dufton, author of Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America.
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Le Guen's delivered his remarks just a week before the UN General Assembly is due to hold a special session on global drug policy, where international leaders are expected to take up matters such as harm reduction and potential decriminalization.
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For example, the document explicitly avoids the phrase "harm reduction" — out of fear it could be misinterpreted as support for decriminalization and legalization by some of the more punitive countries when it comes to drugs, such as Russia or China.
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Although decriminalization is sweeping across the country, most people can still remember a time where their marijuana transactions were handled by a scruffy college kid, a neighbor down the block, or, in the case of New Yorkers, a shady delivery service.
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The decision came less than a month after Denver voters approved decriminalization of psilocybin mushrooms, with an initiative that bars the city from using resources to pursue criminal penalties for people over the age of 21 who use or possess psilocybin.
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What: Take Back the Neighborhood: Rally 4 Decriminalization When: Saturday, June 2, 12:00 - 2:00 PM Where: Roger William Memorial Park (282 N Main St, Providence, RI 02903) You can find more information on the Facebook event page here.
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"We are one of the few countries in Latin America and one of seven countries in the world where abortion is totally illegal," García, who is part of the Citizen's Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion in El Salvador, told Refinery29.
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In talks brokered by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Cuomo promised, in exchange for the WFP's support, to back progressive policy priorities, including a higher minimum wage, the DREAM Act, decriminalization of marijuana, and the public financing of elections.
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In a subsequent interview on "The View," Harris initially contested the notion that she had come out in support of decriminalization, though she later acknowledged that she does support reducing illegal border crossings from a federal crime to a civil offense.
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Most recently, organizers advocated for Atlanta's marijuana decriminalization law, which passed in 2017 and lowered the punishment for possession of an ounce or less to a $75 fine and no jail time, and supported other organizations fighting for bail reform.
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Furthermore, according to Winstock, the Global Drug Survey has found that the European nations associated with drug decriminalization or medical marijuana programs, such as the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, are among those with the lowest prevalence of synthetic cannabinoid use.
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While I laughed at the idea because I'm actually mortified of speaking in public, he eventually talked me into it by convincing me I could advocate for some social issues I believe in: marriage equality, decriminalization of prostitution and marijuana.
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New Zealand's model of decriminalization—where brothel-keeping, living off funds from someone else's prostitution, and street solicitation are legal—has helped many sex workers, but migrants and people of color have told us that this model does not serve them.
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Mr. Schaffauser of the Strass union advocates the decriminalization of prostitution for both those who buy and sell sexual acts, arguing that doing so is the only way to protect sex workers, the term he prefers, from violence, rape and trafficking.
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When his debut, "The Swimming-Pool Library," appeared in 1988, two decades after the decriminalization of homosexuality, openly gay characters and the raucous milieu they inhabited remained almost wholly absent from English fiction, to say nothing of English culture at large.
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" The push to present decriminalization as a civil rights issue also upset Laura Ramirez, a coordinator for AF3IRM, an international feminist group, who said she was "absolutely appalled at the fact that this is being sold as something that's progressive.
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New York City has had decriminalization on its books for four decades, but became known as the marijuana arrest capital of the country as the New York Police Department made over 85033,000 marijuana arrests under Bloomberg's draconian stop-and-frisk policy.
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They lost a section about decriminalization because the Drug Policy Alliance, Tom said, is spearheading its own campaign to do so in states around the country, including in Oregon, and he feared duplicating the organization's efforts, or stepping on its toes.
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He, along with Elizabeth Warren, has embraced policies that are popular on the left and nowhere else: a ban on fracking; the decriminalization of border crossings; the provision of federal health benefits to undocumented immigrants; the elimination of private health insurance.
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"It is ironic that laws aimed at fighting drug trafficking and money laundering have created a roadblock for a system that intends to do just that," said Hannah Hetzer, an analyst at the Drug Policy Alliance, which supports decriminalization of marijuana.
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"If the leaders gathering in London and Windsor want the Commonwealth to be recognized as a credible 21st Century global body, they must include an open and frank discussion of LGBT decriminalization on their agenda," Beard said in a statement.
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But I noticed that the story about marijuana activism in his book, and in others, glossed over the "parent movement," which was formed in the wake of decriminalization laws of the 1970s and had a huge effect on the Reagan administration.
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Earlier on Thursday, Mr. Cuomo — who as recently as 2017 had called marijuana "a gateway drug" — praised the decriminalization bill, saying it would make a difference for many who were ensnared in the criminal justice system as a result of marijuana.
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GL: Whenever I write about decriminalization, I get a lot of emails asking me about the other costs of marijuana prohibition: how drug trafficking essentially funds violent criminal organizations, and the general costs to taxpayers for fighting the war on drugs.
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Although the success of the commissions has yet to be thoroughly evaluated, it's possible that even as decriminalization increased drug use, the commissions and more access to treatment got so many people off drugs that drug use still fell overall.
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Barbara LeeBarbara Jean LeeHouse to hold markup Wednesday on marijuana decriminalization bill US must lead the charge on global reproductive rights — not stand in the way Congress should lift the ban on medical cannabis access for military veterans MORE (Calif.) and Earl BlumenauerEarl BlumenauerHillicon Valley: Progressives oppose funding bill over surveillance authority | Senators call for 5G security coordinator | Facebook gets questions over location tracking | Louisiana hit by ransomware attack Progressives oppose spending stopgap measure over surveillance authority extension House to hold markup Wednesday on marijuana decriminalization bill MORE (Ore.), on Tuesday to highlight the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act. Sen.
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Their action this year stems from a questionnaire the group sent to candidates asking them to take hard stances on all kinds of civil liberties issues, including the federal decriminalization of drug use, ending abortion restrictions and opposing legislation prohibiting political boycotts.
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It was only a matter of time before Americans addicted to these drugs started heading to Tijuana and other border towns, where decriminalization meant US tourists no longer needed to worry about spending the night in a Mexican jail for copping a fix.
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Decriminalization efforts have moved a little further in Denver, where advocates have already started gathering signatures to put an initiative of their own on the municipal ballot in May 27 that would decriminalize personal use, possession, and growth at the local level.
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Decriminalization efforts have moved a little further in Denver, where advocates have already started gathering signatures to put an initiative of their own on the municipal ballot in May 23 that would decriminalize personal use, possession, and growth at the local level.
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FOSTA-SESTA: Unclear Decriminalization: Unclear Former vice president and current 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden, who's courting big union leaders for endorsements as his major campaign strategy, hasn't touched the issue of sex work, and didn't respond to VICE News' request for comment.
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Although President Obama has not given any official indication, a leading official with the U.S. State Department seems confident that prohibition may become unhinged at some point in 2016 and lead to the possible decriminalization of all illegal drugs across the globe.
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President Enrique Peña Nieto's decision not to attend a three-day special session on drug policy at the United Nations' General Assembly next week is a sign of his reluctance to seriously address a key issue for Mexico, according to decriminalization activists.
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When the returns started coming in from local elections in Denver on Tuesday, it quickly appeared as if more people had turned out to vote for the effective decriminalization of psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, than for the incumbent mayor.
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The champion of the abortion rights movement If Garcia is the leader of the younger generation campaigning for abortion in El Salvador, then Morena Herrera, head of the Citizens' Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, is the voice of the old guard.
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Cory GardnerCory Scott GardnerPoll: Trump trails three Democrats by 10 points in Colorado The Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy MORE (Colo.) is also a supporter of decriminalization.
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Ultimately, this is based on a (very un-feminist) distrust of the loud and powerful testimony of sex workers themselves, who, as individuals and organizations, have called over and over again for decriminalization to keep us safe from violence, stigma, and exploitation.
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Presidential hopeful Pete ButtigiegPeter (Pete) Paul ButtigiegTrump trails top five 28500 Democrats in national poll Two new polls show Biden with big edge on Warren, Sanders We know Mayor Buttigieg's drug decriminalization plan works — ask Portugal MORE, mayor of South Bend, Ind.
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" When asked whether he would describe the meetings as a "new initiative," Palladino replied: "I would say that this is a good opportunity to listen and to discuss ideas about how the United States can advance decriminalization of homosexuality around the world.
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Terry has already made waves for his work on progressive legislation in Clarkston, overseeing an agenda that includes a $15 minimum wage for city employees, the decriminalization of simple marijuana possession and a commitment for Clarkston to utilize 100% clean energy by 2050.
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To the contrary, decriminalization merely gives adults the freedom to choose this line of work, and makes it vastly easier for those who are victims of trafficking, or experiencing abuse within the workplace, to seek assistance without fear of being thrown into jail.
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In addition to the discussion on decriminalization, the town hall's panel highlighted some of the tensions within sex-worker organizing, and how to get politicians to listen to sex workers most impacted by harmful policies, like those who are Black, trans, or disabled.
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In a surprise ruling in 2013, India's top court reinstated a ban on gay sex after a four-year period of decriminalization, but it is set to reconsider the 2013 decision in July after a slew of petitions opposing the ban as unconstitutional.
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Bernie Sanders and Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy are down with full legalization, Elizabeth Warren is a strong supporter of medical marijuana and wants the Massachusetts weed market regulated, and California Senator Kamala Harris favors decriminalization (which is a step more timid than legalization).
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Still, the issue has crept into the Democratic Party's nascent presidential campaign: In late February, Senator Kamala Harris of California became the first candidate to endorse some manner of decriminalization, an idea also floated by another contender, the former Colorado governor, John Hickenlooper.
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Some opponents of legalization support a form of partial decriminalization known as the "Nordic model," or the "End Demand" approach, which emphasizes the prosecution of people who buy sex, but not those who are selling their bodies, and offers prostitutes social services instead.
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The organization got off the ground in early 2019, and activists concerned about his jump to the sex work decriminalization movement spoke out shortly afterward; more than 20 organizations wrote a joint statement asking Kampia to resign and stay away from the movement.
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Some activists, including the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, oppose the decriminalization measure on similar grounds: They fear that the bill doesn't do enough to dismantle the status quo of prohibition, preferring lawmakers legalize outright instead of taking smaller steps.
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Related: French Government Dismisses Official's Call for Pot Decriminalization Debate The Addiction Federation, one of the groups that makes up the FFA, said in a statement that it hopes the report will "serve as a link" between these centers and the medical profession.
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Because Gravel isn't really trying to be president, he can also afford to openly support reparations, the decriminalization of sex work and the end of "Israeli apartheid" — policies considered urgent on the far left but largely ignored or rejected by the Democratic Party.
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While none of the 2020 candidates mention FOSTA-SESTA in their LGBTQ rights plans, some are starting to address the larger issue of the decriminalization of sex work, which advocates say is necessary to keep sex workers, including trans women of color, safe from violence.
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" He added that he supported the decriminalization of cannabis, a position he made clear during the National Action Network conference in April when he said, "I would legalize marijuana and then I would pardon everyone who's in jail for a nonviolent drug-related offense.
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In a twist that appears to have surprised most of the national media—and that did not occur until late Wednesday afternoon—Denver's psilocybin mushroom decriminalization measure appears to have flipped its razor-thin margin and now appears to be headed towards a narrow victory.
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Elizabeth Warren and former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro, have advocated a significant loosening of immigration law, including a decriminalization of the act of illegally crossing the border, but none of them has proposed literally opening the borders to unrestricted migration.
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Angela Bacca, a representative for the Oregon Psilocybin Society (a community that raises awareness about the safety, benefits, and risks of the drug), believes residents will be ready for decriminalization of the drug in time for them to be included in the state's 2020 ballot.
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Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisEight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall Biden, Buttigieg bypassing Democratic delegate meeting: report The Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters MORE (D-Calif.) over her comments supporting the decriminalization of sex work nationwide.
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In a recent paper, we use the fact that a Rhode Island District Court judge unexpectedly decriminalized indoor prostitution in 2003 to calculate causal estimates of the impact of decriminalization on the composition of the sex market, reported rape offenses and sexually transmitted infections.
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" Sanchez said the new administration — which takes office in December — "will propose decriminalization, create truth commissions, we will attack the causes of poverty, we will give scholarships to the youth and we will work in the field to get them out of the drug situation.
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Decriminalization bills have been introduced in Maine and Massachusetts; a similar bill is expected to be introduced to the City Council in Washington D.C. in June; and lawmakers in Rhode Island held hearings in April on a proposal to study the impact of decriminalizing prostitution.
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Though hardly the sole explanation for the court's decision, it's significant that by the time the court ruled, the elites of the legal, public health and medical professions — the justices' professional and social peers, in other words — had been calling for abortion's decriminalization for years.
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Photo: Matilde Campodonico (AP)With a statewide marijuana decriminalization ordinance set to take effect at the start of 2020, Cook County, Illinois is slated to automatically clear "tens of thousands of cannabis convictions" with the assistance of an algorithm, the Chicago Tribune reported on Wednesday.
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These boomers have mellowed, yes, but they have also mellowed the country: made it a more liberal, tolerant, open-minded place, a place where a moderate Democratic Leadership Council type like Jack Tanner can propose drug decriminalization or, briefly, make "social justice" his campaign theme.
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Oregon is considering a therapy-based legalization structure, other California cities—including the state itself—have succeeded or are pursuing decriminalization efforts, more donors are getting involved, and Johns Hopkins University in Maryland has plans to open up a new research center dedicated to psychedelics.
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Among the best ways of preventing spread of the virus are public health laws that allow access to clean syringes for drug users, such as needle exchange programs, decriminalization of the possession of syringes, and allowing the retail sale of syringes without a prescription.
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At Tuesday's debate, all seven of the candidates in the Queens DA race said they would decline to prosecute sex workers themselves, but Cabán is the only candidate supporting full decriminalization, including clients and third parties, and her endorsements from the community and advocates reflect that.
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There's a key distinction between the two: Under decriminalization, possession of small amounts of pot no longer carries jail or prison time but can continue to carry a fine, and possession of larger amounts, repeat offenses, and sales or trafficking can still result in harsher sentences.
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The rest of it is just as specious, propping up a set of laws that were clearly racist in intent and have continually produced racist outcomes, even as the author insists he favors a modest form of decriminalization and is aware of the racial element to prohibition.
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Even among Republicans, who tend to be more conservative on drug policy issues, current federal marijuana law fared poorly: Only 25 percent of Republican voters supported keeping the policy as is, 36 percent backed medical marijuana, 2 percent backed decriminalization, and 36 percent backed full legalization.
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Under decriminalization, possession of small amounts of pot no longer carries jail or prison time but can continue to carry a fine, and possession of larger amounts, repeat offenses, and sales or trafficking can still result in harsher sentences (including jail or prison in some states).
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So we are getting there, and as experiments in a dozen plus states continue to forge forward on medical marijuana, and as decriminalization and legalization begin to show more instructive ways for dealing with marijuana, I think the momentum for our movement is going to continue.
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Although the decriminalization strategy is still being hashed out, officials say it's likely to include working with global organizations like the United Nations, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, as well as other countries whose laws already allow for gay rights.
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And for the sex industry, we need full decriminalization of sex work to improve working conditions, give sex workers rights, remove the stigma, and show that sex work is real labor, reduce sexual violence, and altogether improve the well-being, safety, and working conditions of sex work.
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If Amnesty's international board approves a final policy in favor of decriminalization in the next month, it will join forces with public-health organizations that have successfully worked for years with groups of sex workers to halt the spread of H.I.V. and AIDS, especially in developing countries.
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A graduate of Yale College, a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and graduate of Harvard Law School, Schmoke served three terms as mayor but left politics in 28500 after delivering a speech declaring the war on drugs a failure and arguing for the decriminalization of illegal drugs.
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Amid a general consensus that "the war on drugs in its current form has failed," Starling describes a so-called "tide" of decriminalization, legalization and regulation of weed that has already swept across much of the industrialized, democratic world, including multiple U.S. states in recent weeks.
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But as he learned more about the existing laws surrounding cannabis consumption, and its medicinal potential, he saw the game as an opportunity to communicate the decriminalization message to people outside of the existing advocacy audience—albeit not in a public service announcement sort of way.
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The National Trust U-turned on its decision to bar volunteers who refused to wear rainbow gay pride badges to mark 50 years since the decriminalization of homosexuality in the UK. Members of Norman Rockwell's family denounced the Berkshire Museum's plans to deaccession works by the artist.
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To communities of color in New York still reeling from the impacts of his racist policies, Bloomberg's "apologies" and opportunistic backpedaling from referring to marijuana legalization as "perhaps the stupidest thing anybody has ever done" to recent support for decriminalization, is a slap in the face.
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Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, too, moved from the margins to the campaign agenda for Democratic presidential candidates in 2020, largely through the same means currently building support for decriminalization: deep organizing, honest polling, and political leaders with strong connections to the grassroots.
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Liberalizing the UK As prime minister, Wilson oversaw a number of historic moves that liberalized the United Kingdom, including the abolition of the death penalty, the legalization of abortion, the introduction of the Equal Pay Act, the outlawing of racial discrimination, and the initial decriminalization of homosexuality.
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Mr. Biden responded that while he didn't fully support legalization, he did want reforms such as decriminalization: BIDEN: Number one, I think we should decriminalize marijuana, period, and anyone who has a record should be let out of jail, their record expunged, be completely zeroed out.
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A champion of drug decriminalization with a penchant for unfiltered Twitter posts and artful profanity, Mr. Morgan, 60, said he was considering a run for governor in 2018 on a virtually single-issue platform of raising the minimum wage to $14 or $15 per hour, from $8.10.
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Presidential candidate Andrew YangAndrew YangVoter support for universal basic income grows: poll Poll: Biden leads 2020 Democrats by 2 points as Warren surges Yang backs impeachment effort: 'There have to be limits' MORE describes why a wealth tax wouldn't work and his ideas for drug decriminalization.
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The concern for legalization advocates is that decriminalization keeps the ban on selling marijuana, which means users wouldn't have a legal source for the drug, and criminal organizations would therefore continue having a source of revenue that they can use for violent operations around the world.
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You have been living in a slightly happier world than I. He is better known by his nom-de-web RooshV, a radical anti-feminist who has advocated for the subjugation of women and decriminalization of rape (in a post he later labeled as satire after people criticized him).
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"The judgment sentencing Evelyn to 30 years in prison shows how in El Salvador justice is applied without direct proof, without sufficient evidence that clarifies what a woman has done," Morena Herrera, Executive Director of the Citizen's Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, said in a statement to Refinery29.
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Last night, Jeff Moss, the founder of Black Hat, and Jake Braun, a former Obama campaign staffer and security consultant to the Department of Homeland Security, pitched Clinton to the security pros attending the conference as the favorable candidate on issues like encryption and the decriminalization of security research.
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Eventually, Olivia said she'd like to go into sex education and fight for the decriminalization of consensual sex work, which she hopes would make her chosen profession safer — and make it easier for people in the industry to report when they notice someone might be working against their will.
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An evaluation in New York showed that recidivism fell among kids [involved in the mentorship program], and the same happened in DC. Do you see your research as part of a bigger movement pushing for other kinds of legalization or decriminalization — of drugs, or sex work, for example?
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To sex worker advocates like Gentili, Polanco's death is testament to why decriminalization is necessary in order to end the high murder and incarceration rates for trans women of color in the U.S. Polanco, 280, was arrested on April 16th on misdemeanor charges related to an alleged assault.
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Despite broad agreement on the need to deal with the global drug problem, there are deep divisions among the 193 U.N. member states, with some favoring a shift towards decriminalization and a greater focus on reducing the harm caused both by narcotics abuse and the war on drugs.
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Four US states have legalized recreational marijuana, 23 of them have legalized medical marijuana, and the general trend worldwide is for governments, especially those in Latin America and Europe, to start edging away from a hardline, punitive stance towards policies based around ethical cultivation, harm reduction, and decriminalization.
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To the Editor: Repealing the New York State loitering law mentioned in "Push to End Penalties for Oldest Profession" (news article, June 1) is a no-brainer decision and one that does not even require wrestling with the larger question posed by the full decriminalization of sex work.
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Although the 12-week limit is more restrictive than the limits set in many other Western countries, most analysts had previously believed that the Irish Parliament, generally conservative and cautious, would support decriminalization only in cases of rape, incest, a risk to the mother and other extreme circumstances.
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"It was great to have a number of countries come up to us and express their relief and satisfaction, and general positive reception, to seeing Canada be a progressive voice again at these events," added Erskine-Smith, a lawyer by trade who studied marijuana decriminalization at Oxford University.
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In this situation, it's not impossible to envisage hard-pressed decision makers shrinking expenditure through the reduction of police numbers in the Holbeck zone, where the de-facto decriminalization of the area's ingrained sex industry presents the potential of freeing up the police resources previously used to curb it.
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As they fight to preserve their way of life, they offer an inspiring example of what can happen when women band together and stand up to their oppressors, one that feels especially relevant as sex workers across America continue to fight for greater protections and for the decriminalization of their profession.
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But the dissonance of hearing NOW, a group which has placed keeping abortion safe and legal at the center of their mission, appropriate some of the tropes of anti-abortion rhetoric, was only underscored by the testimony of Deepika Srivastava, president of the DC Abortion Fund, which supports sex work decriminalization.
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In 2016, when Amnesty International released an expansive report on the safety of sex workers around the world, and called for the decriminalization of the profession and increased protections for the rights for sex workers, a group of actresses including Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Lena Dunham signed a Change.
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Related: French Government Dismisses Official's Call for Pot Decriminalization Debate Under New Jersey law, the conditions which qualify for medical marijuana prescriptions include: Epilepsy, terminal cancer, HIV/AIDS or cancer which is accompanied by severe pain, multiple sclerosis, ALS, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, glaucoma, and intractable skeletal muscular spasticity.
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Parliament has traditionally served as a rubber stamp for the party's policies, but some experts and diplomats say debate has become more lively, with ministers grilled in televised sessions, laws sent back for re-drafts, and liberal legislation passed, including recognition of transgenders and the decriminalization of same-sex unions.
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Related: Medical Marijuana, Decriminalization, and Opium: 2016 Looks Big for Drugs in Mexico Perhaps the only area where the federal government is considering pushing the boundaries is related to a dramatic growth in heroin production in Mexico as it supplies the consumption boom ripping through much of the United States.
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Verdini quickly became Berlusconi's numbers man in parliament, making sure he had enough votes to turn bills into law, including controversial items such as the decriminalization of false accounting and shortening the statute of limitations to make it even harder for prosecutors to secure verdicts for many white-collar crimes.
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