0 the act of allowing something by law:
She supports legalization for undocumented immigrants already in the country.
the legalization of drugs
1 the process of making something legal when it was previously illegal:
Finally, we repudiate firmly any proposal for the legalization and the controlled use of drugs.
Very often it is ageing liberals from the '60s, like myself, who advocate liberalization, legalization of drugs.
On the one hand, we have an action plan to combat drugs, while on the other hand, there is support for the legalization of drugs.
I suggest that some way down the road there is the possibility of partial legalization and taxation of addictive drugs.
He also mentions the fact that some states have already established, aside from a system of legalization, controls on the quality of these forbidden products.
Data on their treatment of informed consent clearly shows that users looking for ethical guidance run into three serious problems: the interpretation problem, the multiplicity problem, and the legalization problem.
Another possibility is to center on procedural justice in legalization, thus putting focus on the fairness and transparency of the procedure rather than on detailed regulations.
Legalization can, however, be overplayed.
