Legalize
verb
To make something against the law become allowed by law.
Many people are pushing the government to legalize marijuana.
Often appears as...
- legalize marijuana
- legalize drugs
verb
To make something against the law become allowed by law.
Many people are pushing the government to legalize marijuana.
Often appears as...
- legalize marijuana
- legalize drugs
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Government Action
The verb 'legalize' refers to an official change decided by a government or authority.
The state plans to legalize sports betting next year.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
'Legalize' is often used in discussions about controversial topics like drugs or prostitution.
Activists are campaigning to legalize the use of psychedelic drugs for therapy.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Debate
When 'legalize' is used, it might indicate a topic has public debates and differing opinions.
The proposal to legalize same-sex marriage sparked heated debates.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Action
The verb 'legalize' refers to an official change decided by a government or authority.
The state plans to legalize sports betting next year.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
'Legalize' is often used in discussions about controversial topics like drugs or prostitution.
Activists are campaigning to legalize the use of psychedelic drugs for therapy.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Debate
When 'legalize' is used, it might indicate a topic has public debates and differing opinions.
The proposal to legalize same-sex marriage sparked heated debates.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Action
The verb 'legalize' refers to an official change decided by a government or authority.
The state plans to legalize sports betting next year.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
'Legalize' is often used in discussions about controversial topics like drugs or prostitution.
Activists are campaigning to legalize the use of psychedelic drugs for therapy.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Debate
When 'legalize' is used, it might indicate a topic has public debates and differing opinions.
The proposal to legalize same-sex marriage sparked heated debates.
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Talking about history...
and incarcerated people I represent is just been absolutely transformative I was here three weeks before I was scheduled to argue two cases at the United States Supreme Court where we were asking the court to ban death and prison sentences imposed on children the u.s. is still the only country in the world that legalized its life
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Color blind or color...
at one time legalized, discrimination in our country. There's no question about it. But still, as I grapple with this issue, my mother's question hangs in the air for How did they treat you? Now, I do not raise this issue to complain or in any way to elicit any kind of sympathy.
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What it takes to be...
we wouldn't have talked about how redlining and the legalized segregation of our past created the racially divided neighborhoods we live in today. We wouldn't have completely understood how racism is embedded in the framework of everything around us,
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How computers are...
this was right after marijuana was legalized. So I'd like to finish up quickly by just noting that this technology is not constrained. I've shown you purely visual examples because they're really fun to look at. It's not a purely visual technology.
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Is marijuana bad for...
For decades, this view persisted and set back research on the drug's mechanisms and effects. Today, marijuana’s therapeutic benefits are widely acknowledged, and some nations have legalized medical use or are moving in that direction.
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Ethan Nadelmann: Why we...
Will more people use marijuana? Maybe, but it's not going to be young people, because it's not going to be legalized for them, and quite frankly, they already have the best access to marijuana. I think it's going to be older people.
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Laws that choke...
until it's too late to fix it. So, we need something different, we need a different kind of solution. And the solution here, in my view, is a private solution, a solution that looks to legalize what it is to be young again,
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What commercialization...
what you think you know about this legalized marijuana thing could be wrong listen I get it talking about issues with legal weed is a pretty quick way to get uninvited from the cool kids table I I I know that
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"The Cross-Eyed Beast" PIPE...
stated basically that by woman's behavior ye shall know them that is any woman showing disrespect to northern soldiers could be treated as a prostitute Butler seemed to be legalizing sexual assault President
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Sarah Jones: One woman,...
You know, I never was a wife or a nun, or a prostitute even, really, not really. Nobody ever asked who I wanted to be. They just told me, and if you legalize it,
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Talking about history...
and incarcerated people I represent is just been absolutely transformative I was here three weeks before I was scheduled to argue two cases at the United States Supreme Court where we were asking the court to ban death and prison sentences imposed on children the u.s. is still the only country in the world that legalized its life
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Color blind or color...
at one time legalized, discrimination in our country. There's no question about it. But still, as I grapple with this issue, my mother's question hangs in the air for How did they treat you? Now, I do not raise this issue to complain or in any way to elicit any kind of sympathy.
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What it takes to be...
we wouldn't have talked about how redlining and the legalized segregation of our past created the racially divided neighborhoods we live in today. We wouldn't have completely understood how racism is embedded in the framework of everything around us,
Video examples
How computers are...
this was right after marijuana was legalized. So I'd like to finish up quickly by just noting that this technology is not constrained. I've shown you purely visual examples because they're really fun to look at. It's not a purely visual technology.
Video examples
Is marijuana bad for...
For decades, this view persisted and set back research on the drug's mechanisms and effects. Today, marijuana’s therapeutic benefits are widely acknowledged, and some nations have legalized medical use or are moving in that direction.
Video examples
Ethan Nadelmann: Why we...
Will more people use marijuana? Maybe, but it's not going to be young people, because it's not going to be legalized for them, and quite frankly, they already have the best access to marijuana. I think it's going to be older people.
Video examples
Laws that choke...
until it's too late to fix it. So, we need something different, we need a different kind of solution. And the solution here, in my view, is a private solution, a solution that looks to legalize what it is to be young again,
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What commercialization...
what you think you know about this legalized marijuana thing could be wrong listen I get it talking about issues with legal weed is a pretty quick way to get uninvited from the cool kids table I I I know that
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"The Cross-Eyed Beast" PIPE...
stated basically that by woman's behavior ye shall know them that is any woman showing disrespect to northern soldiers could be treated as a prostitute Butler seemed to be legalizing sexual assault President
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Sarah Jones: One woman,...
You know, I never was a wife or a nun, or a prostitute even, really, not really. Nobody ever asked who I wanted to be. They just told me, and if you legalize it,
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
From the very first, it has been the educated and intelligent of the Negro people that have led and elevated the mass, and the sole obstacles that nullified and retarded their efforts were slavery and race prejudice; for what is slavery but the legalized survival of the unfit and the nullification of the work of natural internal leadership?
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Milton Friedman
American Economist
I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.
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Michael Moore
American Activist
Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It's not about any of those things now. It's about protecting the wealthy and legalizing greed.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it no legal sanction.
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Kerry Kennedy
American Activist
If we support human rights, we cannot ignore legalized brutality against any group of our global community.
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Will Rogers
American Actor
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
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Calvin Coolidge
American President
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Ken Kesey
American Author
If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously.
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Harry Anderson
American Actor
Is now the time to legalize prostitution?
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H. G. Wells
English Author
Advertising is legalized lying.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
From the very first, it has been the educated and intelligent of the Negro people that have led and elevated the mass, and the sole obstacles that nullified and retarded their efforts were slavery and race prejudice; for what is slavery but the legalized survival of the unfit and the nullification of the work of natural internal leadership?
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Milton Friedman
American Economist
I'm in favor of legalizing drugs. According to my values system, if people want to kill themselves, they have every right to do so. Most of the harm that comes from drugs is because they are illegal.
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Michael Moore
American Activist
Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It's not about any of those things now. It's about protecting the wealthy and legalizing greed.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it no legal sanction.
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Kerry Kennedy
American Activist
If we support human rights, we cannot ignore legalized brutality against any group of our global community.
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Will Rogers
American Actor
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
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Calvin Coolidge
American President
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Ken Kesey
American Author
If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously.
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Harry Anderson
American Actor
Is now the time to legalize prostitution?
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H. G. Wells
English Author
Advertising is legalized lying.
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