That current laws criminalizing theft do not deter thieves is not an argument for decriminalizing theft (although theft is not in any way a victimless crime).
Since 1919, all have been legal, except sorcery which was decriminalized in 1972.
In addition, in places where the trade has been decriminalized, at least some types of participants remain illegal.
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.
Other recommendations call on states to respect online anonymity, adopt privacy and data protection laws, and to decriminalize defamation.
The tendency since the early 1970s has been to decriminalize a number of actions formerly indictable under the penal code.
This group has concluded that the criminalization of kratom is unnecessary, problematic and counter-productive, and has summarily recommended that kratom be decriminalized.
