The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences.
Quotes about criminalization (4 Quotes)
I think there is a consensus on the committee that we do not (support) the criminalization of a large number of people.
What we're fighting is so much larger than a single court case or a single district attorney in Travis County, ... We are witnessing the criminalization of conservative politics.
We live in the world of Internet criminalization, with cartels that develop malicious code to make money. People still don't understand that criminals are in the underground and more are coming.