One important hallmark of this tendency was the decision in 1951 to decriminalize absenteeism.
Township behaviour could only improve if shebeens were decriminalized, they argued.
We must have the courage to say that we must control, and not simply decriminalize drug use.
This group has concluded that the criminalization of kratom is unnecessary, problematic and counter-productive, and has summarily recommended that kratom be decriminalized.
The tendency since the early 1970s has been to decriminalize a number of actions formerly indictable under the penal code.
Quakers were especially modern in their treatment of mental illness, decriminalizing insanity and turning away from punishment and confinement.
In addition, in places where the trade has been decriminalized, at least some types of participants remain illegal.
Conversely, when local politics determines that it is no longer a crime, they may be decriminalized.