legalizers
Prohibition repeal supporters
Legalizers are people who advocate for making something legal that is currently prohibited.
The term appears most often in debates about drug policy, where legalizers push to end criminal penalties for substances like marijuana: Legalizers argue that prohibition has failed.
The word can carry dismissive overtones when used by opponents.
Paid political persuaders
- campaignersPeople promoting a cause
- proponentsSupporters of a position
- activistsPeople working for causes
- reformersAdvocates for institutional improvement
champions · backers · supporters · endorsers · petitioners · organizers · mobilizers · crusaders
Ending criminal status
- billAmount owed, written
- statuteEnacted written rule
- enactmentPassing into law
- amendmentChange to official text
regulation · ordinance · codification · ratification · lawmaking · provision · clause · parliament
Reducing state economic controls
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revisionAltering to improve
- progressMovement toward improvement
transformation · policy change · amendment · rectification · restructuring · adjustment · correction · update
Adhering to requirements
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- licensingGranting official permission
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- governanceHow authority is exercised
implementation · sanctions · jurisprudence · precedent · judiciary · litigation · injunctions · prosecution
lobbyists
Paid political persuaders
- campaignersPeople promoting a cause
- proponentsSupporters of a position
- activistsPeople working for causes
reformers · champions · backers · supporters · endorsers · petitioners · organizers · mobilizers · crusaders · grassroots
decriminalization
Ending criminal status
amendment · regulation · ordinance · codification · ratification · lawmaking · provision · clause · parliament · senate
liberalization
Reducing state economic controls
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revisionAltering to improve
progress · transformation · policy change · amendment · rectification · restructuring · adjustment · correction · update · improvement
compliance
Adhering to requirements
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- licensingGranting official permission
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
governance · implementation · sanctions · jurisprudence · precedent · judiciary · litigation · injunctions · prosecution · penalties
legalizersprohibitionists
Anti-liquor campaigners
banners · restrictionists · abolitionists · authoritarians · paternalists
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