Decriminalize
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To decriminalize an activity is to repeal laws that made such an activity a 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 people wish to decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana and other illegal drugs.