Multiple issues prose October 2011 one source October 2011 cleanup June 2009 Decriminalization or Decriminalisation is the abolition of crime criminal sentence law penalties in relation to certain acts, perhaps retroactively, though perhaps regulated permits or fines might still apply for contrast, see Legalization . The reverse process is criminalization . Decriminalization reflects changing social and moral views. A society may come to the view that an act is not harmful, should no longer be criminalized, or is otherwise not a matter to be addressed by the criminal justice system. Examples of subject matter which have been the subject of changing views on criminality over time in various societies and countries include abortion breastfeeding in public drug possession , and recreational drug use euthanasia homosexuality polygamy ref cite web url http www.deseretnews.com article 1,5143,660214924,00.html title Forum focuses on polygamy woes date April 25, 2007 publisher Deseret Morning News accessdate 2009 06 18 ref prostitution public nudity Ergogenic use of anabolic steroids steroid use in sport While decriminalized acts are no longer crimes, they may still be the subject of penalties for example a monetary fine in place of a criminal charge for the possession of a decriminalized drug. This should be contrasted with legalization , which removes all or most legal detriments from a previously illegal act. Drug use decriminalisation topics Cannabis rescheduling Decriminalization of non medicinal marijuana in the United States Places that have decriminalized marijuana in the United States Legal history of marijuana in the United States Legality of cannabis by country Legal and medical status of cannabis Legality of cannabis Cannabis legalization in Canada Marijuana Policy Project Colorado Amendment 44 2006 War on Drugs Law Enforcement Against Prohibition See also Timeline of LGBT history Legalization Drug liberalization Drug policy of the Soviet Union Liberalization Prohibition ... more details
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Image Map of US state cannabis decriminalization laws2.svg thumb right 400px United States non medical cannabis decriminalization laws as of January 2009 Note Federal law bans all forms of cannabis ... decriminalization of non medical cannabis proposed legend gray No type of decriminalization of non .... Several jurisdictions have subsequently Decriminalization decriminalized cannabis also referred ... Cycles of Health Reform , 2000. Page 218. ref The decriminalization movement supports efforts ranging ..., including sale and cultivation. Proponents of cannabis decriminalization argue that a substantial ... drug effect and that decriminalization will lead to increased crime, increased cannabis usage, and subsequent ..., including medical use. History Main Legal history of cannabis in the United States Decriminalization ... , New York , Nebraska , North Carolina , and Ohio had some form of cannabis decriminalization. ref ... support decriminalization of cannabis, seeing cannabis as a health problem. But when DuPont left government he changed his mind and declared that decriminalization is a bad idea . ref cite web url ... Robert DuPont is still an active proponent to decriminalization of cannabis. ref http www.cnbc.com ... , voters in 2000 approved Measure G, which called for the Decriminalization of pot in California decriminalization of marijuana when used and cultivated for personal use. ref http www.canorml.org news .... ref cite web url http www.wirenh.com News In Brief marijuana decriminalization bill fails 3B local Dems join Dean at state convention 200805152914.html title marijuana decriminalization bill fails local ... web 20080530012929 http www.wirenh.com News In Brief marijuana decriminalization bill fails ... 10 30 . Retrieved on 2007 11 14. ref Economics Many proponents of cannabis decriminalization have argued ... saved from cannabis decriminalization could be used to enforce laws for other, more serious and violent ... Supporters of decriminalization argue that if marijuana were to be legalized it would reduce the amount ... more details
wiktionarypar safe haven Safe haven may refer to Safe Havens , a syndicated comic strip drawn by cartoonist Bill Holbrook Safe harbor , a harbor or haven which provides safety from weather or attack, or an analogous situation Safe haven currency , a currency believed to be a safe investment, especially in an unstable market Safe haven law , for the decriminalization of leaving unharmed infants with statutorily designated private persons so that the child becomes a ward of the state Safe haven games, also called Bat and ball games Safe Haven, a book by Nicholas Sparks Dear editor Please add dictionary definitions to wiktionary, not this disambiguation page. disambig ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 For My Lover is the ninth track of Tracy Chapman s self titled album Tracy Chapman album Tracy Chapman . In 1986 Tracy recorded For My Lover for Fast Folk Fast Folk Musical Magazine , a Greenwich Village folk magazine sold with a record. Some people view the song as being about an unhealthy relationship but when viewed with the knowledge of her sexual orientation and its LGBT history Decriminalization of Homosexuality 1961 2003 legality at the time, it takes on a different possible context. 1980s single stub Category Tracy Chapman songs ... more details
George Duncan may refer to George Duncan golfer , Scottish golfer George Duncan painter , Australian artist George Duncan politician , Scottish member of parliament George B. Duncan 1861 1950 , officer in the United States Army George Baillie Duncan , preacher and Keswick Convention speaker George Simpson Duncan , Scottish New Testament scholar George Smith Duncan 1852 1930 , tramway and mining engineer Dr George Duncan , law lecturer at the University of Adelaide, whose murder led to decriminalization of homosexuality in South Australia See also lookfrom George Duncan Beechey , portrait painter George Duncan Ludlow , lawyer hndis Duncan, George ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 Sex Professionals of Canada SPOC is a Canada Canadian activism group. SPOC was formed in 2001, and campaigns for decriminalization through public education and legal challenges to decriminalize Canadian prostitution laws . On March 20, 2007, Valerie Scott , Amy Lebovitch and Terri Jean Bedford initiated an application Bedford v. Canada in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking the constitutional invalidation of s.210 bawdy house , s.212 1 j living on the avails and s.213 1 c communicating for the purpose of prostitution of the Criminal Code. External links http www.spoc.ca Sex Professionals of Canada http www.spoc.ca news.html Print, video and audio media interviews with SPOC members. 2004 to present. Category Sex worker organizations Category Organizations based in Canada ... more details
Prostitution in Namibia is illegal but a highly prevalent common practice. Calls for legalization A number of prominent groups have called for the legalization or decriminalization of prostitution . In 2005, the Legal Assistance Centre , a Windhoek based non profit human rights organization, called for the decriminalization of prostitution as a means of cutting the country s high HIV AIDS rate as well as a means for maintaining the human rights of the prostitute themselves. ref http www.namibian.com.na index.php?id 28&tx ttnews 5btt news 5d 18612&no cache 1 Namibia urged to decriminalise sex workers The Namibian , 9 November 2005 ref In 2010, Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture Kazenambo Kazenambo called for legalization to generate jobs and income . ref name newera.com.na http www.newera.com.na article.php?articleid 13387 KK widely condemned on prostitution remarks New Era Namibia New Era , 4 October 2010 ref Opposition to legalization Many groups in Namibia actively oppose legalization and instead focus on providing skills to former sex workers. Some groups approach the issue from a religious perspective, arguing that Namibia s population is overwhelmingly Christianity Christian and therefore should not accept what they consider an immoral profession. ref name newera.com.na Following Minister Kazenambo s call for legalization, former President and Founding Father Sam Nujoma called the call an insult to our mothers . ref http www.newera.com.na article.php?articleid 13473 Nujoma slams call to legalise prostitution New Era Namibia New Era , 8 October 2010 ref References reflist Africa topic Prostitution in DEFAULTSORT Prostitution In Namibia Category Prostitution by country Namibia Category Namibian society Category Economy of Namibia Category Law enforcement in Namibia namibia stub ... more details
decriminalization of drug use author McKnight, Zoe publisher National Post date August 26, 2010 url http news.nationalpost.com 2010 08 26 council votes to endorses decriminalization of drug use accessdate ... more details
decriminalization ref http www.parl.gc.ca 37 1 parlbus commbus senate Com e ille e 03evb E.htm ... prison crisis and lack of positive impact on drug use prompted various depenalisation and decriminalization ... decriminalization as the removal of a conduct or activity from the sphere of criminal law depenalisation signifying merely a relaxation of the penal sanction exacted by law. Decriminalization usually ... or legalization , and drug decriminalization . Drug re legalization Drug re legalization calls for the end ... Reformers and not pro drug Mr Costa , Transform Drug Policy Foundation 7 Dec 2009 ref Drug decriminalization Drug decriminalization calls for reduced control and penalties compared to existing laws. Proponents of drug decriminalization generally support the use of Fine penalty fines or other punishment ... decriminalization is the concept of harm reduction . Drug decriminalization is in some ways an intermediate ... to choose not to use drugs. However, there are many that argue that the decriminalization of possession ... Decriminalization Work? date April 26, 2009 ref , meaning anyone caught with any type of drug, if it s for consumption ... ref http www.scientificamerican.com article.cfm?id portugal drug decriminalization ref Economics .... Brazil In 2002 and 2006 the country went through legislative changes, resulting in a partial decriminalization ... or traffickers. A disparity exists between the decriminalization of drug use and the increased penalization ... www.cato.org pubs wtpapers greenwald whitepaper.pdf Drug Decriminalization in Portugal Lessons for Creating ... Park , while conceding that Portuguese decriminalization met its central goal of stopping the rise ... nature of drug epidemics. ref cite news first Maia last Szalavitz title Drugs in Portugal Did Decriminalization ... decriminalization by the Portugal model, which will be introduced to parliament before the next ... the decriminalization debate is for academics , instead calling for coerced treatment. ref http ... more details
Multiple issues original research May 2009 refimprove May 2009 Western conservatism generally refers to a political orientation ref http www.newwest.net topic article whats a western conservative C37 L37 ref prevalent in the Western United States that some might otherwise call libertarian conservatism , Jeffersonian conservatism, or in some circles, classical liberalism , typified by politicians like Barry Goldwater , Ronald Reagan , and Ron Paul . Differences with other theories Western conservatives differ from purist Libertarian Party United States libertarians in that most tend to be pro life , believing abortion to be more of a state, not federal, issue foreign policy in Iraq War Iraq and War in Afghanistan 2001 present Afghanistan ought be driven by a clearly defined mission and exit strategy immediate legalization or decriminalization of drugs is not a practical near term solution. On the other hand, western conservatives differ from neoconservatism neoconservatives in that they tend to believe there should be a natural or practical separation of church and state , military presence throughout the world should be significantly less than it is now, and that a premium placed on privacy trumps most any rationale behind the USA PATRIOT Act or Real ID Act . References reflist Category Political ideologies Category Political philosophy ... more details
TheSword.com is a gay news and lifestyle website that has won multiple awards for its coverage of the Gay pornography gay adult industry . It is based in San Francisco . A large portion of The Sword s coverage is dedicated to covering the lives of gay porn stars in a tabloid fashion. The Sword is owned by gay adult site NakedSword.com and is edited by Michael Stabile . The Sword has pioneered tabloid coverage of the gay adult industry through its access to adult stars. The site received plaudits from safer sex advocates after a Sword survey the revealed that 30 of working gay porn stars were HIV positive . It has also campaigned for causes including the Legality of prostitution decriminalization of prostitution and the rights of the transgender ed. In 2009, The Sword gained national recognition from the Huffington Post ref http www.huffingtonpost.com stephen elliott matt smith and the anti p b 191419.html ref and the San Francisco Chronicle ref http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f g a 2009 04 30 violetblue0430.DTL ref after it reported on the state of California s decision not to train employees of adult websites. The Sword currently provides gay news to sites including GayToday.com, JustUsBoys.com, and AVN Online Magazine. ref http www.xbiz.com news 97593 ref In February 2009, The Sword won Best Erotic E Zine at the 2009 Cybersocket Awards in West Hollywood . ref http www.cybersocketwebawards.com ref References Reflist External links http www.thesword.com TheSword.com Website stub Category LGBT related websites Category Erotica and pornography websites ... more details
Aditya Bandopadhyay sometimes transliterated at Bondyopadhyay is a lawyer in India. He is known for promoting gay rights activism. Work History Bandopadhyay worked on the decriminalization homosexuality through reinterpreting Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code during Naz Foundation India Trust Naz Foundation s legal claim, Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi an appeal by the Naz Foundation. ref cite web url http www.glapn.org sodomylaws world india innews27.htm title No Unnatural Sex Please, We Are Indians first last work glapn.org date 11 September 2003 accessdate 30 January 2012 ref Bandopadhyay is the male director of the Asian office of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Law Association ref http www.ilglaw.org directors.htm ma asia ref References reflist External links http vimeo.com 26277624 interview on personal sexuality with Humsafar Trust Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bandopadhyay, Aditya ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bandopadhyay, Aditya Category LGBT rights activists from India Category Living people ... more details
BLP sources date April 2010 Edward Eddie Tabash is an American lawyer and political and social activist. An atheist and a proponent of the Establishment Clause , Tabash has debated several Christian apologetics Christian apologists , including Richard Swinburne , William Lane Craig , Matt Slick and Greg Bahnsen . Tabash is a member of the California State Bar , the American Bar Association , the Los Angeles County Bar Association , and the Beverly Hills Bar Association . He is also the Chair of the First Amendment Task Force for the Council for Secular Humanism and has written amicus briefs for both the U.S. Supreme Court and the California State Supreme Court. Tabash graduated magna cum laude from UCLA in 1973 and obtained a law degree from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in 1976. His father was an orthodox rabbi from Lithuania and his mother was an Auschwitz survivor from Hungary . Tabash lives in Beverly Hills , California . Politics From 1983 through 1987, Tabash was the California Issues Coordinator for the presidential campaign of former Colorado senator Gary Hart . He has also served as a campaign speaker and debater for Democratic Party United States Democratic presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter . From 1981 through 1998, Tabash actively debated numerous professional opponents in the abortion rights movement in California. He is also a strong proponent of decriminalization decriminalizing prostitution . In 2000, Tabash unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary election for a seat on the state legislature. Commentary on his web site shows that Tabash believes in a number of philosophies reflective of personal freedom. These include the decriminalization of prostitution, free speech, abortion rights, or the woman s right to choose, and the separation of church and state. He also supports the International Sex Worker Foundation for Art, Culture and Education ISWFACE , and the Internet Infidels , and has previously served on the National Le ... more details
Lodewijk Henri Christian Hulsman , known as Louk Hulsman 8 March 1923 in Kerkrade 28 January 2009 in Dordrecht was a Netherlands Dutch Jurisprudence legal scientist and Criminology criminologist . Life After finishing school Hulsman hooked up with a resistance movement . In 1944 he was convicted of using counterfeit identification papers and imprisoned at the Amersfoort concentration camp . While being transferred to Germany he succeeded to escape. After returning to the Netherlands he joined the Allied troops as a soldier during the last weeks of the Second World War . From 1945 to 1948 Hulsman studied jurisprudence at Leiden University . After his exams he first worked for the Dutch Ministry of Defence Netherlands History Ministry of War and than for the Dutch Ministry of Justice Netherlands Ministry of Justice . In 1963 he became a professor for criminal law und criminology at the Netherlands School of Economics, the later Erasmus University Rotterdam emeritus 1986 ref http www.erasmusmagazine.nl nieuws detail article 661 EM.Online, 10 August 2009 ref . He is a main author of the Council of the Europe s influential report on decriminalization Council of the European Union, Report on Decriminalization, Strasbourg 1980 He last lectured at the Academia Vitae in Deventer . Together with Nils Christie and Thomas Mathiesen he is a distinguished representative of the prison abolition movement . Publication & Articles selection Louk H.C. Hulsman Jacqueline Bernat de Celis 1982 Peines Perdues. Le syst me p nale en question . Paris. Louk H.C. Hulsman 1983 Abolire il sistema penale? , in Dei delitti e delle pene 1, pg.71 89. Louk H.C. Hulsman 1986 Critical Criminology and the Concept of Crime , in Contemporary Crises, 10 3 4 , pg.63 80. Liber Amicorum Louk Hulsman Social problems and criminal justice 1987 , Juridisch Instituut, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Louk H.C. Hulsman 1991 The Abolitionist Case Alternative Crime Policies , in The Israel Law Review 25 2 4 , pg.681 70 ... more details
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Orphan date August 2008 Primary sources date August 2008 The European NGO Council on Drugs ENCOD is a network of Europe an non governmental organisation s and citizens concerned with the impact of current international approved drug drug policies on the lives of the most affected sectors in North and South. Since 1994 they have been working to advocate more just and effective drugs control policies, which include an integrated solution for all problems related to the global drugs phenomenon. ENCOD has three primary objectives To improve understanding of the causes and effects of the drugs trade To contribute to the elaboration of just and effective drugs control policies To bring about greater consistency between drugs control efforts and economic and social policies. ENCOD is implementing these objectives in three ways it facilitates coordination, information exchange and joint analysis between its members it carries out joint information campaigns, aimed at the general public it carries out joint advocacy activities, aimed at policy makers and the media. See also Drug policy reform Drug liberalization Drug prohibition law Decriminalization Harm reduction Legalization School district drug policies Students for Sensible Drug Policy Transform Drug Policy Foundation War on drugs External links http www.encod.org ENCOD http www.encod.at ENCOD Austria http www.encod.no ENCOD Norway http www.encod.de ENCOD Germany http www.cannabis clubs.eu ENCOD Cannabis Clubs DEFAULTSORT Encod Category International nongovernmental organizations Category Drug policy reform Category Advocacy groups Category Drug policy organizations Category Medical ethics nongov org stub pl ENCOD ... more details
wiktionary cowan Cowan may refer to TOC right People Andrew Cowan , former rally driver and rally team director Barry Cowan broadcaster , journalist and broadcaster Barry Cowan tennis , former tennis player Clyde Cowan , co discoverer of the neutrino David Tennent Cowan , British World War II general known as Punch Cowan Denys Cowan , American comic book artist and television producer Ed Cowan , Australian cricketer Edith Cowan , first female member of an Australian parliament Elliot Cowan , actor Ernest Cowan , Western Australian politician Glenn Cowan , American Table tennis player, involved in Ping Pong Diplomacy Jeff Cowan , ice hockey player Jerome Cowan , actor John Cowan , American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player Nelson Cowan , American researcher in psychology, specialized in working memory Richard Cowan cannabis activist , a leader of NORML and proponent of the decriminalization of marijuana Richard Cowan soldier , posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor Thomas F. Cowan , New Jersey State Senator and Assemblyman Walter Cowan 1871 1956 , Royal Navy admiral who saw service in both WWI and WWII Places Cowan, New South Wales , Australia Division of Cowan , a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia Cowan, California , United States Cowan, Indiana , United States Cowan, Tennessee , United States Other uses EML Admiral Cowan M313 EML Admiral Cowan M313 , a Sandown class minehunter of the Estonian Navy See also Cowen disambiguation Rich & Cowan , UK book publishing company Category Kohenitic surnames disambig geo surname de Cowan es Cowan fr Cowan pl Cowan pt Cowan sl Cowan vo Cowan ... more details
Infobox Book name Reefer Madness Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market title orig translator image Image Reedermadnessdw.jpg 150px image caption Front Cover author Eric Schlosser illustrator cover artist country language English language English series subject genre publisher Mariner Books release date 2003 br April 1 , 2004 Reprint english release date media type Paperback pages 352 isbn 978 0 61 844670 4 preceded by followed by For other works with similar names, see the Reefer Madness disambiguation . Reefer Madness Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market is a book written by Eric Schlosser and published in 2003. The book is a look at the three pillars of the underground economy of the United States U.S. , estimated by Schlosser to be ten percent of American GDP marijuana , migrant labor , and pornography . The book is divided into three chapters Chapter 1 Reefer Madness , Schlosser argues, based on usage, historical context, and consequences, for the decriminalization of marijuana. Chapter 2 In the Strawberry Fields , he explores the exploitation of illegal immigrants as cheap labor, arguing that there should be better living arrangements and humane treatment of the illegal immigrants America is exploiting in the fields of California. Chapter 3 An Empire of the Obscene details the history of pornography in American culture, starting with the eventual business magnate Reuben Sturman . Schlosser closes by arguing that such a widespread black market can only undermine the law and is indicative of the discrepancy between accepted mainstream American culture and its true nature. See also Adam & Eve business Phil Harvey External links http www.altruists.org f790 Eric Schlosser speech on The US Underground Economy Reefer Madness http www.booknotes.org Watch 176507 1 Eric Schlosser.aspx Booknotes interview with Schlosser on Reefer Madness , June 15, 2003 Category Cannabis culture Category Economics books Category 2003 books Category P ... more details
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primary sources date June 2011 The Drug Freedom Index is a numerical index compiled by Free Existence that claims to measure the liberality of drug laws around the world. The index rates the legality of recreational drug usage, possession, and sales in 246 countries and semi autonomous regions around the world on a numeric scale. As it is the first attempt to quantify worldwide drug laws of its kind, there is presently some reliance on anecdotal evidence in lieu of direct legal analysis due to lack of access to primary sources i.e., the actual written laws of some nations . ref http www.freeexistence.org drugindex.html Introduction to the Free Existence Index of Worldwide Drug Freedom ref As of the 2011 index, Mexico had the most liberal drug laws, scoring 9.0 out of 10 possible points due to its August 21, 2009 decriminalization of small quantities of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and LSD for personal use as part of an attempt to undercut the profits of drug gangs as part of the ongoing Mexican Drug War drug war there. In second place was the Netherlands with 8.5 out of 10, followed in third by a five way tie between Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Portugal, and Spain. In contrast, the most restrictive drug laws could be found in Bhutan, which scored a mere 0.5 out of 10 due to its recent ban on all tobacco products. ref name drugindex http www.freeexistence.org data 2011 2011 druglaw data.xls FreeExistence Drug Freedom Index 2011 ref The US states with the most liberal drug laws as ranked by the index were Alaska, California, Maine, Nevada, and Oregon, each of which scored 5.5 out of 10. ref name drugindex See also Freedom Meta Index List of indices of freedom References Reflist Politics country lists Public policy Politics country lists Public policy Particular human rights DEFAULTSORT Drug Policy Category Drug control law Category International rankings Category Index numbers Category Human rights by issue Category Civil rights and liberties ... more details
Referendum graph yespct 49.09 nopct 50.91 turnoutpct 32 Politics of Portugal small On 28 June 1998 a referendum on a new abortion law was conducted in Portugal it was the first national referendum in the History of Portugal Portuguese history . The law was proposed by the Portuguese Communist Party and it Decriminalization decriminalized abortion during the first ten weeks of pregnancy and was considered by the left as the only way to put an end to the estimated 20 to 50 thousand illegal abortions in the country. The law was approved in the Assembly of the Republic through a majority of the center left and left wing parties, but an agreement between the Socialist Party Portugal Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party Portugal Social Democratic Party parties leaders led to the referendum. The referendum was held on a summer day, which is said to have contributed to the fact that the turnout was so low that it didn t pass the threshold of 50 percent of the voters needed to make the decision binding, although the winning answer, NO, was respected and the law wasn t changed, meaning abortion was only allowed in exceptional case such as rape , Congenital disorder mal formations of the fetus and danger to the women s health . In the following years, a few dozen women a small minority of the estimated illegal abortions were defendants in three trials for abortion. A revote occurred in the Portuguese abortion referendum, 2007 , where the result was reversed. The question present in the ballots was Do you agree with the decriminalization of the voluntary interruption of the pregnancy, if it takes place in the first 10 weeks and in an authorized healthcare institution? Political positions The major parties in Portugal at the time listed with their political positioning and their official answer to the referendum question Left Portuguese Communist Party YES Ecologist Party The Greens YES Socialist Party Portugal Socialist Party NEUTRAL most of the party said YES, howev ... more details
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