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“’You must mean “’’legalize’’” instead of “’’decriminalize’’”

“Yes you are correct.”

Thanks. I was just having a discussion yesterday with someone who was claiming that Freerepublic is full of people that think “decriminalization” would end the influence of organized crime. I pointed out that “decriminalization” and “legalization” are often mistakenly used interchangeably, and that if people claim that decriminalization will cut organized crime out of the picture they probably really mean “legalization.” He offered to ping me to cases where people claim decriminalization will remove the influence of organized crime, so I'm returning the favor to him.