But wait: England basically decriminalized homosexuality in 1967, fully 36 years before it was decriminalized in the United States in Lawrence v. Texas.
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Israel just decriminalized pot Israel just decriminalized pot You can now smoke weed in Israel without worrying about going to jail — that is, unless you really like smoking weed in public.
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Fare evasion was eventually decriminalized in D.C. in May 2019.
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Sex work is work, and should be decriminalized and regulated.
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In fact, last month a ruling decriminalized Uber activity here.
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Romania decriminalized homosexuality in 2001, decades later than neighboring countries.
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Since marijuana is decriminalized and unregulated, "anything goes," he said.
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Then, in 2001, a new drug policy decriminalized all drugs.
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Fourteen additional states, now including New Mexico, have only decriminalized.
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When Hawaii decriminalized medical marijuana in 2000, it made history.
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Massachusetts decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana in 2008.
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Fifteen additional states, now including North Dakota, have only decriminalized.
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India's Supreme Court decriminalized gay sex in a groundbreaking ruling.
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Others have decriminalized it or effectively stopped enforcing laws against it.
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Fourteen states have decriminalized marijuana and 33 allow medicinal marijuana use.
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Vermont is among almost 20 states that have decriminalized marijuana possession.
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Texas in 2003, which decriminalized gay sex in the United States.
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The ruling comes just weeks after the court decriminalized gay sex.
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What happened after Portugal decriminalized all drugs, from weed to heroin.
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With it, all of New England has decriminalized or legalized pot.
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In the 1990s, Ireland decriminalized same-sex relations and legalized divorce.
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Russia, under President Vladimir Putin, partially decriminalized domestic violence in 2017.
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A few other countries have decriminalized limited possession, cultivation or both.
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Argentina's Supreme Court decriminalized abortions in cases of rape in 2012.
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Biden, however, pointed out that he believes marijuana should be decriminalized.
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The big picture: New York joins 15 other states that have decriminalized.
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Florida has legalized medical marijuana but hasn't legalized or decriminalized recreational use.
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China decriminalized homosexuality in 1997, but the culture is still heavily conservative.
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Jamaica decriminalized possession and allows medical marijuana and use for religious reasons.
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Being gay or transgender has been decriminalized in five countries since then.
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In 1949, the Legislature decriminalized football, basketball and soccer after 2 p.m.
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Will all mind-altering drugs eventually be decriminalized by the federal government?
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She has called for border crossings of undocumented immigrants to be decriminalized.
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Argentina's Supreme Court decriminalized abortions in cases of rape six years ago.
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In Jordan, which decriminalized homosexuality in 1951, stigma and discrimination are common.
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"We are looking at the states that have decriminalized marijuana," Rosenstein said.
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It was during the boom years, in 1993, that Ireland decriminalized homosexuality.
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However, Denver decriminalized the drug in May 2019, followed by Oakland, Calif.
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For small amounts of marijuana, up to two ounces, it's basically decriminalized.
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And two more African countries, Angola and Botswana, decriminalized homosexuality this year.
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The results of such reforms are mixed: In New Zealand, for example, which decriminalized prostitution in 2003, a 2012 study found that "the vast majority of people involved in the sex industry are better off" with decriminalized conditions.
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But marijuana has historically been illegal there — though it has recently been decriminalized.
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Fortunately for the youngest Jonas brother, Nashville decriminalized marijuana in September of 2016.
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Wade decriminalized abortion across the county — to establish a federal family planning program.
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Nine of those states and the District of Columbia have decriminalized the drug.
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Argentina's Supreme Court only decriminalized abortions in cases of rape six years ago.
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Some people claim the legislation is feminist because sex workers themselves are decriminalized.
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Although Jordan decriminalized same-sex behavior in 303, the gay community remains marginalized.
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Nevada decriminalized self-managed abortion, while Maine expanded Medicaid coverage for abortion care.
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D.C. has also decriminalized fare evasion in an attempt to address the inequality.
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Chile, similarly, where at-home consumption has been decriminalized, is still an immature market.
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Romania decriminalized homosexuality in 2001, decades after neighboring countries and LGBT discrimination is widespread.
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"Portugal decriminalized possession totally in 2001 and it's been an amazing success," he says.
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That may be surprising to learn, since more states have legalized or decriminalized marijuana.
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Even more states have decriminalized the substance to some degree or allowed medical use.
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Responding to their voters, many states have decriminalized marijuana or authorized its medicinal use.
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Many intelligent, well-informed self-described feminists believe sex work should never be decriminalized.
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Consensual homosexual acts between men aged over 21 in Scotland were decriminalized in 1981.
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All six states that have legalized or decriminalized assisted suicide have majority white populations.
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LGBTQ+ rights in China remain highly limited, even though it was decriminalized in 1997.
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In Norway, sex workers were still being fined years after they'd supposedly been decriminalized.
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Murders of LGBT+ people also rose in 1998 after homosexuality was decriminalized, Rodriguez said.
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Murders of LGBT+ people also rose in 1998 after homosexuality was decriminalized, Rodriguez said.
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The debate then turned to immigration and whether crossing the border should be decriminalized.
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As the decade ends, 11 states and DC have now legalized or decriminalized marijuana.
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In 1932, Poland decriminalized homosexuality, decades before the UK and East and West Germany.
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It was just last month that Belfast City Council decriminalized women who have medical abortions.
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While many Latin American peers have decriminalized possession of marijuana for consumption, Brazil remains divided.
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I think all of us would take a pay cut if sex work was decriminalized.
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Now that weed is increasingly decriminalized and ubiquitous, this makes for a whole new issue.
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The decree decriminalized all "abuse of power" charges—political or corporate—up to about $47,000.
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This action is a felony under current law and will be decriminalized starting in January.
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In September, the Constitutional Court decriminalized the use and cultivation of cannabis in private space.
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And even though both substances have addictive properties, Krispy Kreme is, as of now, decriminalized.
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Such cases should be decriminalized and handled like traffic tickets in civil court, he said.
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In Europe, Portugal and the Czech Republic have decriminalized cannabis and Luxembourg is discussing legalization.
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Jerry Brown beat them to it, signing a law that decriminalized street vendors across California.
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In 2003, for instance, New Zealand decriminalized prostitution, removing penalties for buying and selling sex.
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But in 2008, Mexican lawmakers decriminalized illegal immigration, which is now considered a minor offense.
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Last summer, New York City similarly decriminalized a handful of offenses like littering and spitting.
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Almost 30 countries including the Netherlands, Germany and New Zealand have legalized or decriminalized prostitution.
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The government decree would have decriminalized some corruption offenses, which alarmed Romanian judges and prosecutors.
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Today's picks: • The sex trade is a step closer to being decriminalized in South Australia.
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While homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in 1993, prejudice against the LGBT community remains widespread.
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Other countries, including Jamaica and Argentina, have since decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
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Hawaii on Tuesday decriminalized marijuana, making it the 26th state to decriminalize or legalize the drug.
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The language began to fall out of use after homosexuality was decriminalized in Britain in 1967.
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In total, 10 states and Washington, DC have legalized marijuana, and others have decriminalized the drug.
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Switzerland's experimentation with low-THC cannabis comes as several U.S. states have decriminalized or legalized pot.
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When these eight states approved pot systems, they also decriminalized possession of an ounce or more.
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Marijuana is legal in 10 states and Washington, D.C., Denver and Oakland have even decriminalized mushrooms.
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Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1956, and authorities actively promote the country as an LGBT+-friendly destination.
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Prostitution in Denmark was decriminalized in 1999, but it's still a controversial subject in the country.
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That's one of the benefits of herb being decriminalized and legalized in various states like California.
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Sex between men over the age of 21 was decriminalized in England and Wales in 1967.
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She tells Broadly they first noticed this issue emerging after Uruguay essentially decriminalized abortion in 2012.
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If federal lawmakers explicitly decriminalized daily fantasy, state governments could still impose stricter rules, he said.
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All sex work should be decriminalized because it's the easiest way for everyone to stay safe.
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It's a decriminalized model, but they also include ramped-up treatment provisions and harm reduction tools.
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Angola joins the growing but few numbers of African countries that have decriminalized same-sex relationships.
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In 2001, Portugal decriminalized illicit drug use and launched a public health campaign to treat addiction.
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North Dakota quietly decriminalized marijuana earlier this month, making it the 25th state to do so.
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India decriminalized same-sex sexual activities between men in 2009, but reversed the decision in 2013.
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In Europe, Portugal decriminalized drug possession in 2001 and has maintained a non-prohibition stance ever since.
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BuzzFeed News recently asked every 2020 candidate whether or not they think sex work should be decriminalized.
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Portugal has decriminalized all drugs for personal use, but does not allow cannabis use for medical purposes.
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The Utah state legislature on Tuesday decriminalized fornication, making it legal to have sex outside of marriage.
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Uruguay is the only other country to legalize marijuana; many countries have decriminalized it but prohibit sales.
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Schmoke's comments today would fall solidly inside the Overton window and today many states have decriminalized marijuana.
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Are places that have decriminalized cannabis or legalized medical or recreational marijuana less prone to K2100 epidemics?
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Sex work is part of transgender existence, with many of us calling for it to be decriminalized.
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And, although same-sex relations were decriminalized in 1997, gay Beijingers say they continue to face discrimination.
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Between 1973 and 1978, a dozen states decriminalized personal possession, reducing marijuana's penalty to a civil fine.
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And there has not been a major change in use in the US states that have decriminalized.
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More than a dozen states have decriminalized the drug, with more than 30 having medical marijuana programs.
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China decriminalized homosexuality in 1997, though the Chinese government has continued at times to crack down LGBTQ advocacy.
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To see sex work decriminalized and comprehensive trauma-informed and pleasure-centered sex education would be a dream.
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Germany, New Zealand, and Australia have all decriminalized the industry, she explained, listing the problems this has wrought.
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After the Delhi High Court decriminalized sex between LGBT partners in 2009, there was a sense of freedom.
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The country hasn't always been a trailblazer for LGBTQ equality, in fact homosexuality wasn't decriminalized there until 23.
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Other countries that have decriminalized or legalized medical marijuana include Spain, Mexico, Australia, Italy, Colombia and South Africa.
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For the record ... cannabis is decriminalized for personal use in CR. Translation: Smoke 'em if ya got 'em.
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Not only would pot get decriminalized, but people convicted of weed-related crimes would have their records expunged.
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To start, let us circle back to the ridiculous notion that illegally crossing our border should be decriminalized.
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If white and black people were treated the same by law enforcement, illegal drug usage would be decriminalized.
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Marijuana is illegal but decriminalized there—and this is expected to be the state's biggest-ever tourism event.
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Over the last year Molly Smith—a pseudonym—has pushed for sex work to be decriminalized in Scotland.
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While a number of states have decriminalized or legalized marijuana use, it is still illegal under federal law.
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There's hope that proving therapeutic use could lead to MDMA being removed from Schedule I and potentially decriminalized.
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Cory Booker would point out later in the evening that marijuana has already been decriminalized for white people.
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He argued that marijuana should be decriminalized, with all marijuana arrests expunged from the records of those convicted.
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Since 2010, several more countries in Southern Africa have decriminalized same-sex relations, including Mozambique, Angola and Lesotho.
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Meanwhile, Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota will decide if the use of marijuana for medical purposes will be decriminalized.
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"Some states that have decriminalized marijuana are not even close to passing laws to regulate marijuana," he told Refinery29.
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For example, when Portugal decriminalized drugs, it also adopted special commissions that attempt to connect drug addicts to treatment.
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Orthodox Christian monk Ciprian Timofte said homosexual activity, which was decriminalized in 2002, should be outlawed again in Romania.
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Though homosexuality was decriminalized in 1993, its 2013 anti-gay propaganda law has been used to target LGBTQ activists.
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As Lopez has written, 11 states and Washington, DC, have now legalized marijuana, while 15 states have decriminalized it.
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Incensed protesters say the campaign is yet another sign of discrimination more than 20 years after China decriminalized homosexuality.
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Previous studies showed increases in pediatric cases after states decriminalized medical marijuana, as Colorado did in a 2000 vote.
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"Yes, sex work needs to be decriminalized, but [anyone] soliciting prostitution should face stiff criminal penalties," Moulton told BuzzFeed.
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French states in the very same piece that marijuana should be decriminalized, full stop, through legislation introduced in Congress.
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Minor offenses such as possession of less than an ounce of weed or possession of paraphernalia were completely decriminalized.
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And in cities like DC, where fare evasion is decriminalized, the Metro expects to lose $36 million in 2019.
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That's why, on July 19, marijuana offenses were effectively decriminalized in Jersey City, New Jersey's second most populous city.
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Prosecutors in New York City and Philadelphia effectively decriminalized marijuana quite some time ago, and the sky didn't fall.
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Now, decades after the British left and, eventually, decriminalized homosexuality at home, these colonial-era laws remain in force.
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Dozens of other countries and states have decriminalized recreational use, legalized medicinal cannabis or eased enforcement of possession laws.
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New Zealand is known as being socially liberal, with previous governments having decriminalized prostitution and legalized same-sex marriage.
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It decriminalized homosexuality in 220, removed restrictions on the sale of contraception in 1993 and legalized divorce in 1996.
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While California and many states have decriminalized or legalized marijuana use, the drug is still illegal under federal law.
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Many nations have either decriminalized marijuana, allowed it to be prescribed medically or effectively stopped enforcing laws against it.
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Abortion remains illegal nationwide in all circumstances except rape, though in Mexico City, abortions were decriminalized a decade ago.
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Germany's legal medical marijuana market began this March, and while recreational use remains technically illegal it is highly decriminalized.
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Residents of Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota will decide if the use of marijuana for medical purposes will be decriminalized.
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The country's Supreme Court has been overturning colonial-era laws, and recently decriminalized same-sex relations and adultery, for example.
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Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1991, although marriage is legally defined as a monogamous union between a man and a woman.
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Likewise, Senate Bill 882 decriminalized fare evasion, which was the number one cause of youth citations in Los Angeles County.
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He unambiguously dodged a question about whether sex work should be decriminalized during a recent interview with The Breakfast Club.
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And like illegal organ trafficking, a decriminalized and regulated organ commerce worldwide would still likely to exploit economically disadvantaged people.
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The country decriminalized small amounts of marijuana last year, and now allows Rastafarians to use the drug for religious purposes.
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Colorado and Washington have also decriminalized marijuana for recreational use, allowing products to be sold to people 21 and older.
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Although Ecuador decriminalized homosexuality 21 years ago, gay marriage is still illegal although civil unions have been recognized since 2008.
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That's because 93 years ago, a bold national policy was implemented where low-level possession of all drugs was decriminalized.
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In 20163, Portugal's government decriminalized and legalized all drugs, no matter their severity, in response to a growing heroin problem.
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While homosexuality was decriminalized by China in 1997, Chinese censors are infamous for cutting out LGBTQ TV and movie scenes.
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Marijuana legalization has sped across the nation, with more than 13 states having partly or fully decriminalized cannabis since 2012.
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Half a million people took to the streets last year to protest a bill that decriminalized certain forms of corruption.
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Unauthorized entry should indeed be decriminalized, but saying so during a campaign against President Trump is akin to political suicide.
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The only places that have decriminalized sex work are New Zealand and the state of New South Wales in Australia.
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Legal recognition of those marriages is probably a distant proposition in India, where gay sex was decriminalized only last year.
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New South Wales' move means that abortion is now decriminalized everywhere in Australia -- apart from the state of South Australia.
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In 2004, Cape Verde decriminalized same-sex activity, and in 2008, the country made workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation illegal.
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And you see it in Brown's bizarre championing of Proposition 47, which essentially decriminalized the theft of any item under $950.
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It might be a while before the U.S. joins the growing list of countries that have either legalized or decriminalized cannabis.
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A number of states and municipalities all over the nation have decriminalized the possession of marijuana within the past several years.
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In places like New Zealand...where it's legalized or decriminalized, rates there are considerably lower than here in black-market America.
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In the Netherlands, where marijuana tourism is rampant in Amsterdam, weed is in fact illegal, but personal use has been decriminalized.
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The government decriminalized some forms of domestic violence in 2017, a move some Russians said eroded protections for women against abuse.
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On one hand, you have countries that don't allow the death penalty for any crime and have outright decriminalized drug use.
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After a particularly beneficial experience with mushrooms, he began a grassroots campaign to get psilocybin decriminalized in the city of Denver.
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Jamaica decriminalized small amounts of marijuana in 2015, joining a wave of countries and US states that have relaxed cannabis laws.
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Homosexuality was decriminalized in China in 1997, and was removed from the official list of mental illnesses a few years later.
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Significantly, Hollinghurst sets it in 1966, the year before the passage of the Sexual Offenses Act largely decriminalized homosexuality in England.
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In 2001, Portugal enacted one of the most extensive drug law reforms in the world when it decriminalized all illegal drugs.
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The decision to downgrade prosecutions has all but decriminalized the mass distribution and use of powerful and untested drugs for athletes.
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Wade decriminalized abortion in U.S., there has never been an honest reckoning about abortion within healthcare services, education, training, and research.
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That's because 16 years ago, Portugal took a leap and decriminalized the possession of all drugs — everything from marijuana to heroin.
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There has been a push to overturn the ban since India decriminalized gay sex in a landmark court ruling last year.
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Homosexuality was decriminalized in China in 1997 and declassified as a mental disorder by the Chinese Society of Psychiatry in 2001.
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The experience of New Zealand, which decriminalized prostitution in 2003, is used by both sides to try to bolster their position.
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Sanders calls for a legislative pathway to citizenship for America's 11 million undocumented immigrants and for border crossings to be decriminalized.
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Denver voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms in May of last year, while Oakland decriminalized all psychedelic plants and fungi shortly after.
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In Portugal, which decriminalized all drugs in 2001, fewer young people use drugs than in Britain, where they are still illegal.
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India's top court reinstated a ban on gay sex in 2013, four years after an earlier ruling that effectively decriminalized it.
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Socially conservative Romania, which decriminalized homosexuality in 2001, decades after its neighbors, bars marriage and civil partnerships for same sex couples.
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At one point, it was the most socially conservative country in Europe — for example, it only decriminalized homosexual activity in 1993.
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Durbar fights against the exploitation of children while advocating that all sex work be decriminalized for adults who do it by choice.
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That's something that advocates would like to see, especially if all drugs are, as they've long called for, decriminalized or even legalized.
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Though homosexuality had been decriminalized in Britain in 1967, being openly gay was still essentially unthinkable, especially for a prominent public figure.
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As I reported last week, cannabis is subject to a patchwork of state-level health regulations, where it's been legal or decriminalized.
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"Where the law changes and abortion becomes legal, or partially decriminalized, there was an increase in providers using conscience claims," she says.
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After examining the research on decriminalizing prostitution, Vox's German Lopez concluded that sex work should be decriminalized and regulated like other businesses.
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Activists called for defamation to be decriminalized and punishable only under civil law, which would mean monetary damages rather than prison time.
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She mentioned the fact that homosexuality was decriminalized in China in 1997 and later removed from an official list of mental illnesses.
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Some states, like New York, have decriminalized marijuana, making it a violation and not a crime to possess small amounts of cannabis.
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Protesters on Saturday were skeptical that marijuana possession, which has been decriminalized in many places, should have led to a fatal encounter.
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Washington (CNN)Hawaii decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana on Tuesday, becoming the 26th state to decriminalize or legalize the drug.
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Being gay remains illegal in many countries, including 34 countries in Africa (despite a recent victory in Botswana, which recently decriminalized homosexuality).
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I know what you're thinking, because I was thinking it, too: Sure, weed is decriminalized in New York, but it's still illegal.
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"In some Australian states, cannabis is already decriminalized and hippy havens such as Nimbin are basically like mini-Aussie Amsterdams," said Rolles.
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In 2009, the Delhi High Court decriminalized Section 377 of the Indian penal code, which had made same-sex sexual activity illegal.
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Several European states have recently decriminalized or legalized pot, including Spain, Holland, and, most recently, Germany, which voted on legalization in January.
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Teenagers were divided in their response, but all gave compelling reasons for why they believe marijuana should and should not be decriminalized.
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Finally, on September 6, the bench unanimously decriminalized consensual "unnatural" sex, stating that the law against it violated the right to equality.
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At the same time, the decision codified a broader principle that decriminalized the private sexual behavior of consenting adults, Ms. Gertner said.
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In February 2017, a half-million people took to the streets to oppose an emergency decree that effectively decriminalized low-level corruption.
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Many nations have decriminalized marijuana, have allowed it to be prescribed for medical purposes or have effectively stopped enforcing laws against it.
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It's a practical and humane approach that has worked well in places like Portugal, where all drugs for personal use have been decriminalized.
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Few countries have decriminalized the possession of cocaine, with experts divided over the practicality of legalizing one of the most addictive illegal drugs.
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Fifteen states have decriminalized marijuana while 10 others and the District of Columbia have legalized the drug, according to the Marijuana Policy Project.
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Several states in recent years have decriminalized or even legalized recreational marijuana, including California, Massachusetts and Nevada in the most recent election cycle.
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If it ends up becoming law, the U.S. will join a growing list of countries that have either legalized or decriminalized cannabis. Sen.
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Many outlaw it; some, including Canada and Sweden, punish clients and others, like Germany and New Zealand, legalized it or decriminalized it entirely.
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Such sites also often speak to the experience of gay life in England before the Sexual Offences Act partly decriminalized homosexuality in 1967.
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Eduardo Santillan, also a Morena Mexico City Congressman, said that now that sex work was decriminalized, anti-trafficking public policy should be strengthened.
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Many countries - including most recently Canada - have legalized or decriminalized cannabis use, leading to some concerns about increased use and its potential harm.
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Brazil decriminalized growing and possessing small amounts of marijuana and other drugs more than a decade ago, but buying and selling remains illegal.
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The states in that region that have legalized or effectively decriminalized medical marijuana include Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
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Homosexuality was decriminalized in China in 1997, and in 2001, the Chinese Society of Psychiatry removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders.
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Illinois and Florida (marijuana is decriminalized in the former and legal for medical purposes in both states) are about to come on board.
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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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Others argue prostitution is a matter of free choice and valid work that should be decriminalized so that sex workers are not punished.
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Weed was already decriminalized in Washington at the time, and Ng says she had never used cannabis at work or before seeing patients.
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Washington, DC, decriminalized marijuana in 100, then legalized possession and growing but not sales in a voter-approved ballot initiative that same year.
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"We've seen a lot of exciting changes," from decriminalized same-sex relations in some countries to public apologies and marriage equality in others.
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For a country that had only decriminalized homosexuality in 1993, the vote symbolized a resolute step towards shaking off its traditionally Catholic conservatism.
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Among other things, the decree decriminalized cases of official misconduct in which the financial damage is less than 200,000 lei, or about $47,000.
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Homosexuality was decriminalized in Azerbaijan, a mostly Muslim former Soviet republic in Central Asia, in 2000, but discrimination and even violence remain problems.
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In addition to offering treatment programs, Portugal decriminalized the possession of a 10-day supply of any drug — including hard drugs — in 2000.
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Vermont already decriminalized pot in 287.1, so the measure would not remove any criminal penalties for possession that can result in jail time.
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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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Fifteen other states have decriminalized possession of marijuana and 33 states have legalized the use of medical marijuana, according to the Marijuana Policy Project.
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Warren said this week she agrees with Castro that border crossings should be decriminalized And O'Rourke brings a mix of personal experience and policy.
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So far 18 states have decriminalized marijuana, the MPP says, and in all 34 states allow patients with health complaints to use medical marijuana.
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Arrests for drug possession were taxing the country's already dilapidated prison system, and in 2009 the country decriminalized possession of small quantities of drugs.
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China decriminalized "hooliganism," which the Atlantic reported was "widely assumed to include homosexuality, though the law was never explicit on this point" in 1997.
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New York had decriminalized possession of up to 25 grams (nearly an ounce) of marijuana in 1977 to only punish it with a fine.
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Grenell, in his editorial in Bild, pointed out that India, Belize, Angola, and Trinidad and Tobago recently decriminalized same-sex conduct among consenting adults.
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Galliano said he wanted to build on the momentum that marked the 50-year anniversary of homosexual acts being decriminalized in England in 1967.
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The AP reported that the law allows a person to ask a court to seal records for any offense that has since been decriminalized.
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If Congress does nothing during its 2900-day review period, D.C. will join six states that have already legalized or decriminalized doctor-assisted suicide.
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US weed prohibition laws have changed in spurts since Oregon first decriminalized the plant in 1973, so they're inconsistent state-by-state, Johnson explains.
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In New Zealand, where sex work is decriminalized, one of the major impacts has been an improved relationship between sex workers and the police.
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"Sex work should be decriminalized and sex workers should have the right to negotiate for our own labor and safe work conditions," Burns says.
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Connecticut, meanwhile, has repealed the death penalty, decriminalized small amounts of cannabis and reformed its pardon and parole processes over the last several years.
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Portugal, for instance, decriminalized all drugs in 2001 in part to dispel fears that getting care for drug abuse could land someone in prison.
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It also decriminalized apostasy and penalized blasphemy, or "interference with religious privileges," with only "imprisonment of from one week to three months" (Article 132).
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Romania decriminalized homosexuality in 2001 but prohibits marriage between people of the same sex, and does not recognize same-sex marriages carried out abroad.
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Half a million people took to the streets in February 2017 after the government passed an emergency decree that effectively decriminalized low-level corruption.
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In recent years, psilocybin has been decriminalized in Denver, Colorado and Oakland, California, with Santa Cruz, California, expected to follow in the coming weeks.
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New South Wales, Australia, has decriminalized abortions after the procedure was banned for a century in the nation's most populous state, according to Reuters.
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In 2001, Portugal decriminalized all drugs and dramatically ramped up treatment with, among other interventions, special commissions that direct problem drug users to treatment.
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And when New York decriminalized abortion in 1970, three years before Roe, there were just about as many Republican votes in the legislature as Democratic.
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An LGBT activist celebrates after the Supreme Court decriminalized gay sex and the revocation of the Section 377 law, in Bengaluru, India, on Sept. 153.
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But Gitari hopes his country could soon follow in the footsteps of Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe, which have decriminalized homosexuality in recent years.
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Twenty-five states have already legalized medical marijuana use and 20 states have decriminalized possession of small amounts of the drug, according to the analyst.
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While the law decriminalized soliciting for sex, it criminalized the purchase of sex, which became punishable with fines of between €1,500 ($1,757) and €3,750 (£4,392).
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Finding workers who can pass them has become more of a hurdle simply due to the number of states that have decriminalized or legalized marijuana.
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It is widely believed that the status quo will change and weed could be decriminalized across all states at some point in the near future.
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I admired him for hanging out with transgender women and coming out as gay in 1972, just years after homosexuality had been decriminalized in Britain.
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The justices may decline to explicitly overturn Roe and Casey, acknowledging the weight of precedent after a half-century of decriminalized abortion in American life.
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But the UK needs to take a different route than parts of Australia and the U.S., where weed's been slowly and inconsistently decriminalized, Starling says.
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Australia, Germany and Ireland have all legalized medicinal marijuana, while other European nations such as Portugal and the Netherlands have decriminalized personal possession of marijuana.
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If the law is ruled unconstitutional and homosexual acts are decriminalized in India, India can leave the tiny group of countries that still persecutes homosexuals.
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It can be hard to reconcile your homosexuality with a sense of nationalism once you become aware that the U.K. only decriminalized homosexuality in 1967.
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Pollan, who wrote extensively and positively about his time using psilocybin, wrote an op-ed in May warning against legalization after Colorado effectively decriminalized it.
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It is not irrelevant that he was painting portraits of his gay companions well before the Sexual Offenses Act of 1967 decriminalized homosexuality in England.
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While many states have decriminalized or legalized marijuana use, the drug is still illegal under federal law, creating a conflict between federal and state law.
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Over the course of a few weeks, its judges decriminalized gay sex and wiped away a sexist adultery law, both relics of India's colonial past.
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Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iran and parts of Nigeria impose the death penalty for gay sex, while Botswana decriminalized same-sex relations in June.
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Small amounts of recreational marijuana is legal for adults in 11 states and Washington, DC, and the substance is decriminalized in an additional 15 states.
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Israel's Cabinet decriminalized the recreational use of cannabis, or marijuana, at its weekly meeting on Sunday in a move hailed by politicians from across the spectrum.
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As marijuana use continues to become decriminalized across the United States, doctors, researchers and patients are pushing to make it an accepted part of cancer treatments.
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Marijuana is now legal for adult recreational use in 10 states plus Washington, DC. Twenty-two states have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
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As marijuana use continues to become decriminalized across the United States, doctors, researchers and patients are pushing to make it an accepted part of cancer treatments.
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Offenses covered by the legislation would not be decriminalized, as critics had accused the City Council of seeking to do when the proposal emerged last year.
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The relationship between the federal government (under which marijuana is still a wholly illegal drug) and states that have legalized or decriminalized pot is still fuzzy.
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If the campaign is successful, it would put the UK among 11 European countries and 24 US states where cannabis has been decriminalized for prescribed consumption.
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Last year, D.C. decriminalized fare evasion—rather being entered into the system, alleged evaders are given a $50 civil fine, which are never really enforced anyway.
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The four types of cannabis will be available in some California dispensaries today, before expanding to the four other US states where marijuana has been decriminalized.
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Sex workers are eager to reclaim their agency and remind the US that in many places worldwide full service sex work is entirely decriminalized or legal.
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In Portugal, which decriminalized drugs in 2001, drug deaths, HIV, and hepatitis infections, problematic drug use and drug-related crime and incarceration rates have all decreased.
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Nine states in the US and the District of Columbia also allow recreational marijuana use, and the drug has been decriminalized in many parts of Europe.
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This is Castro's second major policy release, following his "People First Immigration" platform put out in early April, which called for border crossings to be decriminalized.
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While many states have decriminalized or legalized marijuana use, the drug is still illegal under federal law, which created a conflict between federal and state law.
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Some experts have observed a shifting emphasis by drug smugglers away from marijuana as the drug has been decriminalized across the United States in recent years.
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No matter what is about to happen with who will control it, we are about to see weed legalized, and thus, it should be decriminalized immediately.
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As a result, India has the peculiar distinction of being one of the only countries in the world to have decriminalized and then re-criminalized homosexuality.
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Despite being decriminalized in Tasmania in 2013, abortion is not currently available through the state's public health system, which offers mostly free or low-cost care.
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Many are there for non-violent drug crimes including possession of marijuana at a time that more than half the states have legalized it or decriminalized.
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It opened in 1973 — before homosexuality was decriminalized — and has fire-fought meth for years, treating its invasion into white gay men and then everyone else.
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Some activists have called for fare evasion to be decriminalized, which means offenders will have to pay a fine instead of facing arrest or jail time.
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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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Following other New England states, New Hampshire in 2013 legalized medical marijuana and in 57.83, during Mr. Sununu's administration, decriminalized possession of small amounts of pot.
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The largely conservative Buddhist society has built a reputation as a place with a relaxed attitude towards gender and sexual diversity since homosexuality was decriminalized in 1956.
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Established in 2012, the NGLHRC has fought hundreds of cases of abuse against sexual minorities in Kenya's courts - including an ongoing battle to have gay sex decriminalized.
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One notable example is Portugal, where the use of all illicit drugs was decriminalized in 2001 and drug users are mainly sent to treatment programs or fined.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Botswana decriminalized homosexuality on Tuesday, with the High Court overturning a colonial-era law that punished gay sex by up to seven years in prison.
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Two Singaporean men have filed separate petitions to court seeking to legalize gay sex since late last year, after India decriminalized gay sex in a landmark ruling.
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Note: Marijuana has become decriminalized and even legalized in many states, and others impose small fines on offenders who are caught with marijuana, instead of jail time.
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On New Year's Day in 1976, — the day marijuana was decriminalized in California — Danny Finegood changed the landmark to celebrate cannabis, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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She noted that in the 1970s, marijuana was nearly decriminalized nationally in the US before fears about rising teen use were used to create a massive backlash.
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The ordinance followed a previous policy that decriminalized homelessness and made it easier for homeless people to sit, lie and camp in more spaces across the city.
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Under the new law, domestic violence will be decriminalized as long as it is a first offense and it doesn't require the victim to seek hospital treatment.
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Long one of the most liberal states in the country, Vermont legalized the use of medical marijuana in 2004 and recently decriminalized possession of a small amount.
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Botswana - June 22012: The southern African nation decriminalized homosexuality, with a judge saying "all human beings are born equal" and there is no place for discrimination. 20199.
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For instance, the economics of weed make it more lucrative to export product from a decriminalized state like California across state lines, often through weed-hostile tearritory.
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Going to a gay club in Romania back in 2002 was a big deal—it was only a few years after the country had officially decriminalized homosexuality.
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Four states in the US and Uruguay have legalized recreational marijuana use by adults, and multiple US states and several countries around the globe have decriminalized possession.
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Ten other states and Washington have decriminalized recreational marijuana, but none has gone so far in addressing historic inequities in drug sentencing in tandem with legalization measures.
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Last year Ireland became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage through a popular vote, having only decriminalized homosexuality and made divorce legal two decades ago.
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Although it is possible patients do not want to admit to THC use in states where it is not decriminalized, there is no evidence they are lying.
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Nine states in the United States and the District of Columbia also allow recreational marijuana use, and the drug has been decriminalized in many parts of Europe.
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In New York, for instance, scalping tickets was illegal until 2007, when it was decriminalized in an effort to better monitor and tax the underground resale market.
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Worldwide, many nations have already decriminalized cannabis in an attempt to combat societal problems associated with its use -- including the Netherlands, Mexico, Czech Republic, Costa Rica and Portugal.
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As of last year, even domestic violence is essentially decriminalized after Putin signed a change in the law to only impose fines on husbands who beat their spouse.
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After Portugal decriminalized all drugs back in 2007, drug-related deaths fell, but reported use among teens increased in the country according to a study published in 2014.
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Libel suits — Putin notably recriminalized libel, after it had been decriminalized in 2011 under Dmitry Medvedev — drummed-up prosecutions, and vise-like media regulation accomplish the same ends.
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According to Buzzfeed, since sex work is decriminalized in Australia, the organization hoped that it would be safe from US laws that are cracking down on sex work.
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After Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, and transferred all the money spent on punishing addicted people to improving their lives, injecting drug use fell by 50 percent.
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And there's the rub: As weed use becomes decriminalized and legalized across the country, what sort of laws should we put in place to prevent marijuana-related DUIs?
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Flashback: The approach somewhat mirrors one taken by former president Lazaro Cardenas in 1940, Reuters explains, when he decriminalized drugs and proposed treating addicts as patients — not criminals.
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GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana's government will appeal a high court ruling that decriminalized homosexuality, potentially resuscitating a law that punished gay sex by up to seven years in prison.
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The pardons will apply to those in England and Wales who have since passed away but were prosecuted for same-sex relations before homosexuality was decriminalized in 1967.
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Israel partly decriminalized recreational use of marijuana in a law that took effect this week, imposing fines for possession but opening criminal proceedings only after a fourth offense.
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A 1969 amendment decriminalized most sexual acts between consenting adults, but there were still several thousand convictions between then and the ultimate repeal of Paragraph 175 in 1994.
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Homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, but gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are often subject to discrimination, persecution and worse.
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She said that if it goes unchecked, low-level domestic violence, of the kind that would be decriminalized under the amendment, often escalates into attacks causing serious injury.
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What's unclear is if these types of vehicles provide safety and security for sex workers—a community already vulnerable to violence, especially in regions where sex work isn't decriminalized.
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South of the border, it is legal to buy and possess marijuana in 10 US states, while many others have decriminalized possession of the drug or legalized medical marijuana.
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The Times shows that in June the mayor was calling for decriminalized border crossings and dismissed criticism of raising taxes on the middle class to pay for health care.
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In New York, for example— which was supposed to have decriminalized marijuana possession in the 1970s—the arrest rate for blacks for marijuana is eight times that for whites.
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Homosexuality has been decriminalized but coming out is still not easy in India, where it is rarely discussed openly for fear of family rejection in a regimented, traditional society.
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Colombia's capital Bogota decriminalized graffiti in 2011 after a teenage painter was killed by police, and the city has since become a go-to destination for street art tourists.
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About 50,000 men were punished under the law that was drawn up in the 19th century, strengthened by the Nazis and only dropped in 1969 when homosexuality was decriminalized.
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Three grams would be the smallest limit of any state that has decriminalized the possession of marijuana, according to a release from the Marijuana Policy Project, an advocacy group.
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Portugal famously decriminalized all drugs in 2001, while Switzerland has pioneered the policy of heroin prescription, and Washington and Colorado have legalized the sale of marijuana for recreational purposes.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Botswana decriminalized homosexuality on Tuesday, with the High Court overturning a colonial-era law that punished gay sex by up to seven years in prison.
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For example, Mozambique's government recently decriminalized abortion, but organizations in that country are forced to choose whether they will work with their own government or risk losing American aid.
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Though Russia decriminalized homosexuality during the breakup of the Soviet Union, the police in Chechnya have periodically detained gay people in extrajudicial arrests without repercussions from the federal authorities.
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The law also aimed to diversify a booming industry that has been dominated by white entrepreneurs in Washington, D.C., and the 11 states where recreational marijuana has been decriminalized.
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Critics said the regulation appeared to contradict the government's own position on homosexuality, which it decriminalized in 1997 and removed from an official list of mental disorders in 2001.
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Last May, Denver made history when it decriminalized psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, in a nailbiter of a ballot measure that news organizations preemptively reported wouldn't pass.
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It is not the face of a man whose rubber-stamp government recently decriminalized domestic violence, and it is definitely not the face of professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin!
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By empowering US attorneys to decide on their own whether or not to prosecute the sale of marijuana in states that have decriminalized it, risk for industry movers is greater.
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She makes fun of Tasmania, where she grew up and where gay sex was not decriminalized until 1997, and even jokes about how lesbians don't have a sense of humor.
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When Portugal decriminalized, UN member states were just years removed from a 1998 special session of the General Assembly that convened under the fanciful pretext of eliminating drug use worldwide.
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In contrast, Portugal undertook a monumental experiment: It decriminalized the use of all drugs in 2001, even heroin and cocaine, and unleashed a major public health campaign to tackle addiction.
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New York partially decriminalized marijuana last year, and in most cases, police are required to issue summonses instead of arresting someone who is carrying more than 2 ounces of pot.
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The emergency ordinance issued by the government on Tuesday, which began the latest round of protests, effectively decriminalized some forms of corruption if the amount involved was less than $47,000.
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But if the laws were changing slowly in the 20123s — New South Wales decriminalized sex between men only in 1984 — society, including the police, was even slower to do so.
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There, Ms. Chávez pointed to bags of marijuana (it's not legal, but decriminalized) alongside a cornucopia of potatoes, dozens of varieties, including neon pink miniatures that looked like candied jawbreakers.
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Meanwhile, in New York, lawmakers decriminalized abortions after 24 weeks and would allow women to seek care at that stage if her health is in danger or the pregnancy is unviable.
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Look at Portugal: The country decriminalized the use of all drugs in 2001 and now has three overdose deaths per million people per year, compared to the EU average of 17.3.
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"Unfortunately, three grams would be the smallest amount of any state that has decriminalized (or legalized) simple possession of marijuana," the Marijuana Policy Project, an advocacy group, noted in a statement.
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China decriminalized being gay in 2001, and conversion therapy is illegal in the country based on its mental health law, though there is no statute that bans discrimination against LGBT people.
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Between 1973 and 1978, about a dozen states decriminalized personal possession in the wake of the suggestion of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, which was organized by Nixon.
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America has also lost more recent battles to stop progress elsewhere: Jamaica finally decriminalized in 2015, Mexico began decriminalizing in 2009 and moved to legalize growth for personal use in 2015.
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Ten states and Washington, D.C., have fully legalized recreational marijuana, while others have decriminalized possession of the drug, though Florida has not taken any steps towards legalizing recreational marijuana before now.
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Decades after homosexuality was decriminalized in Britain, the government recently announced that it would posthumously pardon thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of having or seeking gay sex.
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Massachusetts had decriminalized at that point and I thought it made a lot more sense for Massachusetts to go ahead and legalize marijuana, and I now support the legalization of marijuana.
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Contrary to Mr. Trump's repeated claims this week, Mexico's immigration laws are not harsher or "stronger" than the United States; illegal crossing are decriminalized in Mexico and considered a minor offense.
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Screenshot: Hound Labs (YouTube)Now that weed is being decriminalized across the country, a startup is trying to make it easier for cops and bosses to figure out who's actually high.
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But many users were incensed, saying the campaign was another sign of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in China, more than two decades after the country decriminalized homosexuality.
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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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Four states have legalized it outright, others have decriminalized it, and in many jurisdictions police refuse to enforce the laws that are on the books, creating a de facto street legalization.
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Right now, the trade is prosecuted in South Australia, though other states and territories have decriminalized some forms of it, like working out of one's home or in a licensed brothel.
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A 2009 Cato Institute report found that more people with drug use disorders sought treatment services because the country decriminalized all drugs and, as a result, removed the fear of arrest.
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The mass movement, triggered by the government's emergency decree on corruption that would have decriminalized abuses of power, has turned into the biggest protest in Romania since the collapse of communism.
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One possibility is essentially the Portuguese model: Drugs are decriminalized for personal use, so you can't be punished with prison time merely for possessing or using illegal substances like cocaine and heroin.
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Still, Britain has a leg up on the U.S., which was using sodomy laws to specifically attack gay people into the 1970s, and only fully decriminalized sodomy laws about 14 years ago.
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I'm not sure I'd call the book didactic, but pointing out what I think is in the Bible does help make the case, or further my argument, that prostitution should be decriminalized.
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In Germany, doctors who work with sex workers in the decriminalized industry say their clients are so severely damaged that a German physicians' association has formally asked parliament to repeal the law.
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It's likely to have an impact on a significant number of Californians: The ACLU says that nearly 20,000 people were arrested for marijuana possession even after the state decriminalized possession in 2011.
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The decree would have decriminalized abuse of power in offenses involving less than 199,102 Romanian leus — the equivalent of about $47,21989 (or €2170,2000) — and potentially freed dozens of officials jailed for corruption.
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The decree would have decriminalized abuse of power in offenses involving less than 199,102 Romanian leus — the equivalent of about $47,500 (or €13,000) — and potentially freed dozens of officials jailed for corruption.
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According to Philadelphia news outlet Billy Penn, only 13 people have been charged with the harshest penalty — a total ban from the transit system — since the city decriminalized the offense in January.
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Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1997 and removed from the official list of mental disorders in 2001 but laws and regulations continue to define it as "abnormal," according to LGBT organization Outright International.
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Now Ng's story is another cautionary tale, adding to a growing number from medical professionals facing repercussions for using medical and recreational cannabis in the 23 states where it has been decriminalized.
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Cory Gardner of Colorado, where recreational marijuana legalized in 2012, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, where marijuana was decriminalized in 2003 and legalized recreationally in 2014, both slammed Sessions' "regrettable" plan on Thursday.
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"California has decriminalized recreational cannabis use, but a marijuana conviction continues to serve as a barrier to employment, housing, student loans and more," San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement.
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Hard to knock medicinal benefits Portugal is a pioneer when it comes to drug reform laws, as the nation decriminalized the possession of all drugs -- not just cannabis -- for personal use in 2001.
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They funded public education, turned local appointed offices into elected ones — dismantling a patronage system — granted women independent property rights, built railroads, bridges, and poorhouses, and even, in some places, decriminalized interracial marriage.
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The publisher of the revised sociology textbook said it may be the first to talk about same-sex couples after India's top court decriminalized gay sex - commonly known as Section 377 - last September.
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The Supreme Court decriminalized gay sex and scrapped an outdated adultery law, both relics of the colonial past, while the #MeToo movement finally arrived in a country notorious for sexual violence against women.
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He emerged as one of the most pro-cannabis politicians in Washington, launching the bipartisan Cannabis Caucus last year and advocating for marijuana to be decriminalized and removed as a Schedule 1 drug.
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The state not only legalized the sale of non-perishable food products produced in home kitchens, it also decriminalized the selling of food items and other goods on sidewalks and parks in California.
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In a new campaign, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), along with organizations from across the UK, including the Fawcett Society, Women's Aid and Maternity Action are calling for abortion to be decriminalized.
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Kansas, where I got my case, hasn't decriminalized yet, but they get so many big weed busts from people smuggling cannabis out of Denver that they've kind of streamlined their law enforcement efforts.
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There are some who still associate it with the more illicit uses of marijuana, which remains illegal at the federal level and in many states, even though it has been decriminalized in some.
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An overwhelming majority of British people (78%) would like to see abortion decriminalized in Northern Ireland, the only place in the British Isles where it is against the law, the online poll found.
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Washington, California, Oregon, Colorado and a number of other states plus the District of Columbia have legalized or decriminalized marijuana for recreational use, while 29 states allow use of marijuana for medical reasons.
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Related: Portugal's Example: What Happened After It Decriminalized All Drugs, From Weed to Heroin O'Neil was eventually also diagnosed with a substance abuse problem and put on Suboxone to wean himself off opioids.
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His struggles to find a job show the difficulties LGBT Indians have faced for years, and many still expect to face, despite a landmark ruling by India's top court that decriminalized homosexuality on Thursday.
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Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, the first openly gay member of India's royal family, is happy his country finally decriminalized homosexuality ... but he says there's still a long road ahead in the fight for acceptance.
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Since Backpage shut down, sex workers in New Zealand, where the job is decriminalized, and Australia, where sex work is legalized, are already speaking out about how the bill making their jobs more dangerous.
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They are finding growing resonance after gay relationships were decriminalized in the world's largest democracy, said Parmesh Shahani, head of the Godrej India Culture Lab, which encourages Indian companies to adopt LGBT-friendly policies.
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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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Decades after homosexuality was decriminalized in Britain, the government announced on Thursday that it would posthumously pardon thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted, in essence, of having or seeking gay sex.
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Mr. Trump's view is in stark contrast to measures his administration took this year, freeing federal prosecutors to more aggressively enforce federal laws against the use of marijuana in states that have decriminalized it.
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Homosexual acts were not decriminalized in England until 1967 and it was not until 2001 that the age of consent for homosexuals was reduced to 16, bringing it into line with the law governing heterosexuals.
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It should be a straightforward conclusion, and yet: "Many intelligent, well-informed self-described feminists believe sex work should never be decriminalized," sex industry veteran, activist, and educator Tina Horn wrote on Refinery29 last year.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top court on Thursday decriminalized adultery in a landmark judgment aimed at upholding the right to equality and freedom, scrapping a law first brought in under British colonial rule in 1860.
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Previous legal challenges to overturn the ban have failed, but a top Singapore diplomat called on the gay community to renew legal action against the law a day after India's top court decriminalized gay sex.
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" An applicant, USCIS said, "who is involved in certain marijuana-related activities may lack good moral character if found to have violated federal law, even if such activity has been decriminalized under applicable state laws.
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"Nobody's got any empirical evidence that shows criminalization reduces consumption noticeably" A 2009 report from the libertarian Cato Institute found that after Portugal decriminalized all drugs, people were more willing to seek out rehabilitation programs.
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While mayor, he has essentially decriminalized prostitution (for sex workers), established anti-discrimination laws for women, developed multiple public health and safety programs and supported family planning — a controversial stance in a predominantly Catholic country.
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NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Children will no longer be classified as prostitutes in the U.S. state of California after a new law decriminalized prostitution for minors in a move praised by child rights campaigners.
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"There is no evidence that these laws have decreased shoplifting or decriminalized petty crime at all," said Ryan Sullivan, an assistant professor at the Nebraska College of Law who studies the impact of shoplifting laws.
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Marijuana is decriminalized in New York state, meaning it&aposs considered a non-criminal violation of the law, rather than a criminal offense, if police catch a person carrying less than two ounces of marijuana.
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In New York, which decriminalized low-level possession in 2014, 93 percent of those arrested for possession during the first quarter of 2018 were Black or Latinx, as compared to just seven percent of white people.
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Asked by CNN if the former vice president supports legalizing marijuana, Andrew Bates, a Biden campaign spokesman, said Biden believes the drug should be decriminalized and that decisions on legalization should continue on the state level.
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TMX Group Ltd said it was launching a review of cannabis firms listed on its markets to determine if any are doing business in the United States, where several states have either legalized or decriminalized marijuana.
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According to a study led by Colorado pediatrician Dr. Sam Wang, emergency call rates for pediatric marijuana intoxication cases in decriminalized states increased by 30.3 percent per year; transitional states increased by 11.5 percent per year.
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Alaska and Oregon decriminalized marijuana use; Massachusetts instituted paid sick days; Washington state implemented background checks for all gun purchasers; and additional taxes on millionaires and businesses to fund school revenue passed in Illinois and Nevada.
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The legislative change comes a little more than a year after the passage of an emergency ordinance that effectively decriminalized low-level corruption, drawing the largest protests in Romania since the fall of Communism in 1989.
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And a 2009 report by the libertarian Cato Institute found that after Portugal decriminalized all drugs, more drug users sought treatment because the policy change removed the fear of arrest and the stigma attached to it.
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In January 2017, the Romanian government passed an emergency ordinance that effectively decriminalized low-level corruption, a move that set off the largest protests in the country since the fall of the Communist government in 1989.
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After the country decriminalized all drugs, it saw a decrease in drug-related deaths and drops in reported past-year and past-month drug use, according to a 2014 report from the Transform Drug Policy Foundation.
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In March, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) found 69 countries considered same-sex acts illegal — the number of countries included in the Traveler Alert — sans Botswana, which recently decriminalized same-sex relationships.
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" A spokesperson for her presidential campaign cited that comment in an email to BuzzFeed News this month and added, "She believes it should be decriminalized, and that is the action we would take on the federal level.
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In some states, like the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and the Northern Territory, possession of small amounts of marijuana has been effectively decriminalized, with offenders facing civil penalties like fines and being ordered to undergo counseling.
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Divorce was illegal in the country until the law was changed in 1996, homosexuality was decriminalized in 1993, and in 2015 Ireland became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage through popular vote.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sex workers in countries where selling or buying sex is illegal are more likely to face violence, not use condoms and contract HIV, researchers said on Tuesday, calling for prostitution to be decriminalized.
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A new Romanian justice minister was confirmed in office on Thursday, ending a month-long upheaval triggered by a government decree that would have decriminalized several graft offences and shielded dozens of officials from prosecution.
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READ: Supreme Court to LGBT people: Mississippi businesses can refuse to serve you Homosexuality has been decriminalized in China since 1997 and was taken off the list of mental disorders in 2001, but it still remains taboo.
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NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Jubilation broke out among India's sexual minorities on Thursday, as the country's top court decriminalized gay sex, but campaigners cautioned that much more needs to be done before achieving acceptance and equality.
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Although New York State technically decriminalized the drug in 1977, it historically has had one of the highest arrest rates for marijuana because of longtime enforcement loopholes regarding marijuana that is burning or open to public view.
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Other liberal states have recently moved to cement reproductive rights at a state level: Massachusetts's Legislature last year decriminalized abortion; and Oregon in 2017 expanded cost-free insurance coverage for abortions, regardless of the woman's citizenship status.
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For a country that decriminalized some forms of domestic violence in 279, the separate court findings that the women had acted in legitimate self-defense when in fear for their lives were considered shocking, if not unprecedented.
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Before the Australian Capital Territory passed its legalization measure, possession of small amounts of marijuana had been decriminalized there and in a few other jurisdictions, giving police officers the discretion to issue fines instead of making arrests.
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And for good reason: With pharmaceutical conglomerates producing cannabis-related medical products, and speculative companies getting their feet wet in the burgeoning possibilities of decriminalized recreational weed, CNBC reports legal marijuana sales will eclipse $20 billion by 2020.
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While recent reforms decriminalized small quantities of the plant and effectively legalized it for Rastafarians to use as a sacrament, Chronixx thinks it's high time that the government goes a step further and lifts the prohibition all together.
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After Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001, the country saw a decrease in drug-related deaths and drops in reported past-year and past-month drug use, according to a 2014 report from the Transform Drug Policy Foundation.
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There are four states that have decriminalized possession of cannabis, Beyrer said , and in these states, the rates of young people -- and disproportionately black and Latino youth -- going to jail and getting a criminal record will probably decrease.
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The past 18 years have shown that the evolution of drug policy begins in national and state "laboratories," like Portugal, which decriminalized drugs in 2001, and Colorado and Washington, the first US states to create regulated cannabis markets.
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Previous legal challenges to overturn the ban failed but a prominent Singapore diplomat called on the gay community to renew legal action against the law, a day after India's top court decriminalized gay sex in a landmark ruling.
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The law originated in the 19th century, was toughened up by Hitler's Nazis and retained for decades in postwar West Germany, which used it to convict and jail some 50,000 men until 1969, when it finally decriminalized homosexuality.
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Only a few months earlier, in September 2018, homosexuality was at long last decriminalized in India with the overturning of Section 377 of the penal code which had previously forbidden sexual activity between people of the same gender.
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This year, psilocybin was effectively decriminalized in both Denver and Oakland, and there's also a full-blown desire to legalize it in some form in Oregon, alongside national lobbying efforts to propel it further into the public consciousness.
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TUNIS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After winning a four-year battle against government efforts to shut it down, Tunisia's leading LGBT+ rights group said it will push for gay sex to be decriminalized amid rising convictions for same-sex relations.
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The Nevada Second Chance Act will allow Nevadans to seal criminal records for most offenses if they are later decriminalized, a change largely aimed at hiding marijuana-related convictions from potential employers after the state legalized possession in 2016.
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Putting a gay relationship on full view must have felt radical in 1971— homosexuality may have been decriminalized in the United Kingdom by 1967, but the deregulation only applied to private acts between two men ages 21 and up.
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Legalizing full-service sex work doesn't eliminate the societal stigma associated with paying for sex; as we've seen in places like New Zealand, where sex work is decriminalized, a toxic culture of discrimination against sex workers is pervasive worldwide.
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Gays, whose sexuality wasn't decriminalized in the U.K. until 1967 (and in 28 out of 50 U.S. states, you can still be fired for being gay), have developed a number of ways to communicate sexual preference to one another over time.
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"We tend to interpret this libertarian moment thing through the lens of national, preferably presidential, politics — and I think that's a mistake," Welch said, noting the legalization of same-sex marriage and the rising number of states that have decriminalized marijuana.
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I believe justice will eventually prevail in Kenya, as in other parts of the world that have decriminalized same-sex conduct, but in the meantime ordinary LGBT Kenyans will continue to pay the price for the state's indifference to inequality.
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Industry and lawmakers have pressed for a clear FDA framework on selling cannabidiol, the popular hemp and marijuana byproduct decriminalized by the 2018 farm bill — and since sold as medicine, dietary supplements and infused in food, cosmetics and skincare products.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use, meaning possession of small amounts of the drug will be punished with fines rather than jail time, a step short of Governor Andrew Cuomo's goal of legalizing pot.
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The crackdown has been condemned by activists, legal groups and opposition lawmakers, who say it has no legal basis as vagrancy was decriminalized in 2012 and that Duterte is again harassing Manila's poor, already traumatized by the war on drugs.
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Changing priorities and attitudes have caused arrests for cannabis offenses to fall by 19 percent since 2015, with recorded possession of cannabis offenses almost halving since 2010, prompting reports claiming cannabis is being decriminalized "by stealth" due to police inaction.
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Hope added that It was also likely the floor for personal use would be raised — he predicted as much as an ounce of cannabis would be decriminalized — and it was possible an amnesty for users currently in jail could be declared.
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The court appears to have stopped short of outright legalizing marijuana, but has decriminalized small-scale, private cultivation, meaning that while it might still be technically illegal, it is not treated as a serious crime and carries only light penalties.
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The Council, led by Ms. Mark-Viverito, passed a criminal justice reform package last year that decriminalized a series of low-level infractions, like drinking or urinating in public — taking aim at the longstanding strategy known as broken-windows policing.
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In 2015, Mozambique, which -- to its credit -- had never really enforced the law or harassed citizens, cast aside an evil colonial legacy from Portugal and decriminalized homosexuality (previously termed in the old code "vices against nature"), while also making same-sex relations legal.
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In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin even decriminalized some forms of abuse—first-time offenders who inflict non-life-threatening beatings are now only punished with a fine of up to 30,000 rubles ($500) or a jail term of up to 15 days.
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"We have to do more to get treatment into the hands of that teenager's classmates," he said, referencing countries like Portugal that have decriminalized opioid use for personal use, differentiating dealers and suppliers who are engaged in a "criminal enterprise" from individual users.
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Notes: In several states where weed is described below as flatly "illegal," possession of pot might be decriminalized, which reduces the prospect of major consequences like prison time but ultimately leaves the broader framework of the state- and local-level drug war intact.
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More than 15 years ago, Portugal decriminalized drug possession for personal use and created a system for drug treatment and social reintegration; cannabis use has leveled, the number of heroin addicts is down 70 percent, and deaths by overdoses have also been reduced.
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Shares of Tilray jumped nearly 31 percent on Friday after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned.. Sessions, an opponent of marijuana's legalization, had given prosecutors a green light to aggressively enforce federal laws against the drug in states where it has been decriminalized.
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Oregon was one of the first states to legalize recreational weed, and if the substance is decriminalized or legalized at the federal level, the state would be in prime position with a surplus of product and resources to support a growing industry.
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Read more: All the states that have decriminalized marijuana and what that means Dr. Eidelman is appealing against the ruling made on January 4 and says he will continue to practice having recently won a suspension of the revocation pending a future hearing.
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The study also suggested that 76 percent of the British public would be prepared to consume cannabis-based medicines if prescribed by their doctor, with 65 percent of respondents saying they would grow the class B drug themselves if it was decriminalized.
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Turing's inclusion in the work is a stark reminder that in 20183s Britain, "inverts" were still considered criminals, and the artists' summoning of 1917 aligns with a point in time, a half century later, when homosexuality would be decriminalized in that country.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday he was rewriting the federal government's stance on marijuana prosecution, shifting policy away from the last administration's hands-off approach to one that brings more risk to the players in states where the drug is decriminalized.
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But as marijuana use has increased, emergency room physicians say they have been seeing a steady flow of patients with the telltale symptoms, especially in states where marijuana has been decriminalized and patients are more likely to divulge their drug use to physicians.
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But whether marijuana is legal, decriminalized, or illegal at the state or local level is decided through state or local law — meaning that a city or state could conceivably keep marijuana illegal even if the federal government removes all its own restrictions.
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BUCHAREST, Romania — After five straight days of spirited mass protests, and predictions that a half-million or more people might take to the streets on Sunday, Romania's month-old government backed down Saturday and withdrew a decree that had decriminalized some corruption offenses.
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In 2017, he introduced a wide-ranging bill that not only would have decriminalized marijuana at the federal level but also would have encouraged states to legalize marijuana on an individual basis, while punishing states that had especially restrictive marijuana law laws.
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I have found that when given the opportunity to make space for their feelings and to evaluate the best empirical evidence (such as Alexandra Lutnick's "Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: Beyond Victims and Villains"), most students conclude that adult consensual sex work should be decriminalized.
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Drug use should be a public health rather than a criminal matter, the 43-year-old Chertorivski said, adding that Mexico City should take a "step-by-step" approach rather than follow the example of Portugal, which has decriminalized the use of hard drugs.
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"It's been more than 20 years since China decriminalized homosexuality, but LGBT people are still subjected to forced confinement, medication, and even electric shocks to try to change their sexual orientation," Graeme Reid, LGBT rights director at Human Rights Watch, said in the statement.
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But, as the founder explains, the small and secretive nature of the business—necessary precautions, considering that weed remains illegal, though decriminalized, in New York State—means that the images of Body Aware are likely to have a far greater reach than the products themselves.
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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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But even without the decriminalized marijuana, Amsterdam would be one of the most charming places on earth: gorgeous (those canals), friendly (with plenty of English speakers), easy to get around (especially on a cheap rental bike), incredibly diverse (because of the Dutch colonial past).
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Arrests for possessing small amounts of marijuana exceeded those for all violent crimes last year, a new study has found, even as social attitudes toward the drug have changed and a number of cities and states have legalized its use or decriminalized small quantities.
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WASHINGTON — The viability of the multibillion-dollar marijuana legalization movement was thrown into new doubt on Thursday when the Trump administration freed prosecutors to more aggressively enforce federal laws against the drug in states that have decriminalized its production and sale, most recently California.
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Mexico could legalize certain forms of medical marijuana as well as raise the threshold for what is considered decriminalized consumer possession by the end of this year, and may begin considering licit domestic cultivation of substances including cannabis and opium, say senior officials and experts.
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BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian anticorruption protesters were out in record numbers on Sunday evening, so distrusting of their government that they refused to accept its contrite promise the night before to capitulate to their demands and rescind a decree that had decriminalized some corruption offenses.
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Magic mushrooms are still illegal in the United States, but some cities have decriminalized the substanceIn May 2019, Denver, Colorado, became the first US state to decriminalize psilocybin for personal use for people who are 21 or older, and Oakland, California, soon followed suit.
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Keeping a promise made to the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2011, the country (which had never actually proscribed sex between women) decriminalized sex between men, striking down the 60-year old section of its penal code that stipulated up to 14 years in prison.
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Even back in the 70s, we thought this was going to go exactly the way of Prohibition, and the government was going to see the error of its ways and people were going to continue to use this stuff, and eventually it would be legalized or decriminalized.
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So perhaps it is not surprising as much as telling that this city, which residents often refer to as the Buckle of the Bible Belt, may be on the cusp of joining the long roster of American cities, including New York, that have decriminalized the stuff.
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Since 20103, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand and several Australian states have issued apologies to gay and bisexual men and other members of the L.G.B.T. community convicted for consensual same-sex activities before they were decriminalized and have announced plans to expunge the records of their convictions.
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Related: Iran Is About to Execute Another 100 Prisoners for Drug Offenses Responding to questions about countries that have decriminalized drug use, like Portugal, Brownfield said that the point of narcotics laws wherever they are should be to staunch the ill-effects of substances, not throw people in jail.
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To protect states like California that have legalized or decriminalized marijuana in recent years, we must act at the federal level to ensure that the US Department of Justice does not encroach to enforce laws that voters and elected officials in those states have decided are unjust and unfair.
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Portugal led the world when it decriminalized the use of all drugs in 2001 to fight a deadly heroin addiction epidemic, focusing instead on treatment and prevention, a move that has been lauded at home and abroad as a success as it sharply reduced deaths and HIV infections.
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Even after Pierre Trudeau famously decriminalized homosexuality—"there's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation"—the government deemed LGBTQ Canadians unfit to serve in the military, at the RCMP, and even at arms-length branches like the National Film Board, the CBC, and Canada Post.
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In his MSNBC interview, Biden appeared to try to walk back some of the positions he took at the debate, particularly on immigration, saying he believed immigrants who are in the United States illegally merited healthcare services only in emergencies and that border crossing should not be completely decriminalized.
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They come to Flagstaff with good reason, in my opinion: the climate is lovely in this desert oasis seven thousand feet above the sea, there are good social services, and the townsfolk are kindhearted, I would claim, although it must be noted that the city only recently decriminalized begging.
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Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, and Venezuela have legalized medical weed or decriminalized personal use to varying degrees, while Brazil—currently under the stewardship of President Jair Bolsonaro, who once tweeted that legalization would benefit "traffickers, rapists and hostage takers"—seems unlikely to embrace reform beyond its current medical allowance.
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Both December and Angel want to get to the point where sex work is decriminalized: Criminal charges for sex work are fully removed, sex work between people is treated like any other work, and it's brought under regular labor laws, according to the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce.
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Ten years after New Zealand decriminalized sex work, Dr. Pani Farvid, senior lecturer in Psychology at Auckland University of Technology, researched how sex work was portrayed in the media and found it was heavily over-represented by portrayals of female sex workers with very little discussion of the male buyers.
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Related: Portugal's Example: What Happened After It Decriminalized All Drugs, From Weed to Heroin But while LePage advocates for cracking down on drug trafficking and adding oversight to doctors prescribing pain medication, advocates like Bigg see the governor's attitude toward naloxone as wholly at odds with dealing with drug addiction.
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Though Russia decriminalized homosexuality during the breakup of the Soviet Union, the police in the region of Chechnya have periodically detained gay people in extrajudicial arrests, and a new report paints a harrowing picture of a recent crackdown that applied tactics used against Islamist terrorists to round up gay people.
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One suitcase contains items like fliers from early Gay Pride marches and club nights; photos of venues in the 1950s, '60s and '70s; and a pair of brown suede Hush Puppies, which some gay men wore to spot each other at a time when homosexuality still had not been decriminalized in Britain.
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In the U.S., same-sex marriage is now legal, the Supreme Court has decriminalized gay conduct and gays and lesbians serve openly in the military — though, in 2017, President Donald Trump said he would ban transgender people from serving with them and his vice president, Mike Pence, has a history of anti-gay politics.
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" He's gay and closeted (Ireland decriminalized homosexuality only a few years earlier), so Catherine settles for an intense friendship — but she doesn't, really, and her obsessive feelings of desire consume her: "She could not understand why they had such a hold over her, gripping her by the hair it seemed sometimes, clasping her by the throat.
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Stanford engineers develop roadside marijuana test NJ marijuana legalization: New Jersey just quietly decriminalized weed Pot smokers are setting aside their joints in favor of edibles, pills and extracts A 2017 survey by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) found that almost 70 percent of cannabis consumers drove high at least once in the past year.
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If sex work were decriminalized, Decrim NY members say, sex work would be treated much like a job in any other industry: Sex workers who are harassed, assaulted, or exploited could go to authorities for help without fear of arrest, create their own networks to keep each other safe, and even form unions to collectively bargain for additional protections.
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The State of Colorado legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2014, joining several other states where the drug has been decriminalized in some form, but Visa and MasterCard will not process transactions for pot dispensaries and most banks will not open accounts for the businesses — leaving dispensaries dealing with a constant influx of cash, and nowhere good to put it.
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The decriminalization of sex work does not mean that all of a sudden, Amnesty International is pro-trafficking or pro-sex-slavery... They very clearly outline the harms of criminalization of both clients and sex workers and say, 'Here are the benefits of a decriminalized model: harm reduction, access to social services, decreased social stigma, which is so systemically violent.
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With performances by Ben Whishaw as a soldier returning from the trenches of World War I and Russell Tovey as an actor typecast during the AIDS crisis, the vignettes were produced with London's Old Vic theater in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offenses Act, which decriminalized homosexual acts in private between men 21 and older in Britain.
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Oakland Becomes Second U.S. City to Decriminalize Magic MushroomsFor people who have not been following the fight to legalize psilocybin, it may seem like the…Read more ReadThis is very promising research, but it's important to remember that the sale and possession of psilocybin remains illegal in the U.S., though possession of it has been decriminalized in Denver, Colorado and Oakland, California.
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California Attorney General Xavier BecerraXavier BecerraCalifornia leads states in lawsuit over Trump public charge rule Overnight Energy: Trump sparks new fight over endangered species protections | States sue over repeal of Obama power plant rules | Interior changes rules for ethics watchdogs California counties file first lawsuit over Trump 'public charge' rule MORE (D) called for unathorized immigration to be decriminalized, in an interview with HuffPost.
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It was only in 1977—after the opening of New Zealand's first abortion clinic in 1974, and the subsequent attempted arson of that clinic, as well as the heated political marches from both pro-choicers and pro-lifers—that the Crimes Act was reformed and the Contraception, Sterilization, and Abortion Act came into force, blessing us with the current quasi-decriminalized, quasi-arbitrary framework we have today.
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More and more states this year have legalized recreational cannabis; U.S. cities like Denver have decriminalized psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in so-called "magic mushrooms"; and a spate of vaping-related illness—some, though not all, of them linked to black-market THC products—arrived this summer on the heels of what the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) characterized as an epidemic in youth vaping.
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