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To '''decriminalize''' an activity is to [[repeal]] [[laws]] that made such an activity a [[Crime|criminal offence]].  In some cases this may mean the legalization of the activity, and in others the activity may still be illegal, but offenders are only reprimanded with a warning rather than being punished with arrest, trial, sentencing and a criminal record. Many [[liberals]] wish to decriminalize the possession and use of [[marijuana]] and other illegal [[drugs]].

To '''decriminalize''' an activity is to [[repeal]] [[laws]] that made such an activity a [[Crime|criminal offence]].  In some cases this may mean the legalization of the activity, and in others the activity may still be illegal, but offenders are only reprimanded with a warning rather than being punished with arrest, trial, sentencing and a criminal record. Many [[liberals]] wish to decriminalize the possession and use of [[marijuana]] and other illegal [[drugs]].