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• n  the act of making lawful

• The legalization effort is getting serious consideration from surprising quarters.
• The legalization debate, to some extent, pits proponents, who would accept more drug abuse as the terrible price of reducing crime, against opponents, who would accept a continued .
• Would legalization be any worse? In any case, the drug-reform discussion comes just at the right moment.

• legalisation
• legitimation

News & Articles

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• Pot-Seeking Seniors Hope to Light a Fire Under Pols
  Legalization activists young and old will fan out across the Capitol on June 17 as part of Federal Marijuana Lobby Day, a pro-pot push poised to include food, booze and pep talks from sympathetic policymakers.
  June 14, 2013 - CQ Politics
• Marijuana legalization changes police dog training in Washington
  In the wake of marijuana legalization, police departments in Washington have either put the dogs through pot desensitization training or plan not to train them for marijuana detection.
  June 13, 2013 - KVAL Eugene
• Senators Attempt to Tie Legalization to Border Security
  During the Senate's first full day of debate of the immigration reform bill, several Senators attempted to tie border security increases to the start of the legalization program. Advocates worry that such amendments could make legalization virtually unattainable. Sen. John...
  June 13, 2013 - New America Media

Quotes

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• Elvira Arellano in Forbes
  The most important lesson to be taken away is that the benefits of legalization depend strongly on how it is implemented. Some veteran growers in far northern California oppose legalization, fearing it would increase competition and cut profits,... Daniel Hamburg http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hamburg&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEmbyEh6kYH-beSUVyR1hxMYzwSaA Malaysia Sun http://www.google.com/url?q=http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/657266/cs/1/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGrBdtVbEhx0oPcP8ICTA3BLHcAlg Jul 8, 2010 57553 76490 legalization They were in a hurry to deport me because they saw that I was threatening to mobilize and organize the people to fight for legalization," Arellano said in Spanish outside a Tijuana apartment building where she was staying with a friend. "I...
• James Henry Webb in Houston Chronicle
  People in this country who traditionally would be supporting fair immigration policies, but who are worried about the legalization process in this bill, would come forward and support this,Webb said.