What Does Legalization Mean?

Legalization is the process of removing a legal prohibition against something which is currently not legal. Legalization is a process often applied to what are regarded, by those working towards legalization, as victimless crimes, of which one example is the consumption of illegal drugs.

What does legalized mean?

: to make allowable by law legalized gambling. Other Words from legalize. legalization \ ˌlē-​gə-​lə-​ˈzā-​shən \ noun. legalize. transitive verb.

What does it mean to legalize a drug?

The term legalization refers to the removal of all drug-related offences from criminal law: use, possession, cultivation, production, trading, etc. Drug liberalization proponents hold differing reasons to support liberalization, and have differing policy proposals.