From: Brian Holtz [brian@holtz.org]
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 2:35 PM
To: Anton Sherwood
Cc: ba-liberty@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [ba-liberty] Answer to Mr. Sherwood on Drugs

> From: anton [mailto:anton]On Behalf Of Anton Sherwood
>
> > I prefer the term 'decriminalization', and decline to
> > uncritically parrot the mailing's alternate wording.
>
> Meaning dope would still be illegal, trade would still be clandestine
> (and therefore violent), there still would be no quality control through
> branding, but the cops would merely write the equivalent of a traffic
> ticket when they take someone's stash away?

My understanding is that the distinction between legalization
and decriminalization is purely rhetorical rather than legal.
Does 'decriminalization' have some 'defelonization' sense
of which I'm not aware?
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