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"Decriminalisation" of the possession of drugs has much less dramatic effects than legalisation: it does not, for example, do anything to affect the control of the supply by criminals.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Decriminalisation of heresy, blasphemy, witchcraft and homosexuality.
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Decriminalisation of heresy, blasphemy, witchcraft and homosexuality.
Why the dissing of Napoleon in historical romances? — Fusion Despatches 2009
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In a recent Humanisation and Decriminalisation report would be submitted to the government shortly, Law Commission of India mentioned not punishment was required for those who attempt suicide.
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Decriminalisation means the removal of punitive measures across all parts of the sex industry: buying, selling, facilitating or controlling commercial sex acts.
THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING » Sociological Images 2008
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Decriminalisation would mean that sex work would become regulated like other work, she said.
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Decriminalisation meant removing the sections of the Sexual
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Decriminalisation would give sex workers space to mobilise and have their voices heard, Arnott said.
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Decriminalisation would free police to target the real criminals in the industry - those who forced others to provide sex, or involved children, Jane Arnott, director of the Cape Town-based Sex
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Decriminalisation would ensure sex workers were protected from rape, exploitation and abuse, and would allow health workers access to them to help control the spread of diseases such as Aids.
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