legalizer
Makes things lawful
A legalizer is someone who makes something legal or advocates for legalization.
The term appears most often in debates about drugs, gambling, or other restricted activities: Marijuana legalizers have won ballot measures in several states.
It can describe both activists pushing for policy change and officials who enact it.
Vigorous cause champion
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- lobbyistPaid legislative influencer
- proponentOne who advocates something
- supporterOne who backs another
champion · backer · endorser · petitioner · spokesperson · crusader · promoter · defender
Complete systematic repair
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- amendmentChange to official text
- revisionAltering to improve
- transformationThorough change in form
change · improvement · decriminalize · update · restructuring · renewal · progressive · liberalization
Cultural or social prohibition
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- criminalizationMaking conduct unlawful
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- moralityRight and wrong principles
ethics · contentious · polarizing · opposition · backlash · dissent · debate · societal
Official enactment of statutes
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- statuteEnacted written rule
- amendmentChange to official text
bill · ordinance · enactment · mandate · directive · provision · decree · act
Enforceable written agreement
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- permitOfficial written authorization
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- attestationFormal declaration confirming truth
compliance · notarization · affidavit · deed · ratification · authorization · registration · documentation
activist
Vigorous cause champion
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- lobbyistPaid legislative influencer
- proponentOne who advocates something
supporter · champion · backer · endorser · petitioner · spokesperson · crusader · promoter · defender · ally
overhaul
Complete systematic repair
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- amendmentChange to official text
- revisionAltering to improve
transformation · change · improvement · decriminalize · update · restructuring · renewal · progressive · liberalization · policy shift
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- criminalizationMaking conduct unlawful
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
morality · ethics · contentious · polarizing · opposition · backlash · dissent · debate · societal · norms
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- statuteEnacted written rule
amendment · bill · ordinance · enactment · mandate · directive · provision · decree · act · charter
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- permitOfficial written authorization
- certificationAttestation of qualification
attestation · compliance · notarization · affidavit · deed · ratification · authorization · registration · documentation · approval
legalizerprohibitionist
Advocate against legal alcohol
banner · temperance advocate · moral crusader · drug czar · vice squad
legalizerrestrictor
Device that limits flow
regulator · enforcer · censor · paternalist · abolitionist
- marijuana legalizationPermitting recreational weed use
- cannabis legalizationRemoving criminal penalties for marijuana
- drug legalizationPermitting controlled substances officially
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