From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishle‧gal‧ise /ˈliːɡəlaɪz/ verb [transitive] a British spelling of legalize→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslegalise• Banning drugs mainly promotes crime, so it would be better to legalise, control, tax and discourage them.

In this page you can discover 26 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for legalize, like: authorize, formulate, sanction, approve, allow, enact, legitimize, license, permit, validate and illegalize.

Legalisation makes documents suitable for use in another country. To legalise a document, the competent authorities sign and stamp it. Several different steps may be needed to complete the process. Most countries have agreements for this.

Legalization of cannabis is the process of removing all legal prohibitions against it. Cannabis would then be available to the adult general population for purchase and use at will, similar to tobacco and alcohol. Decriminalization is the act of removing criminal sanctions against an act, article, or behavior.

Decriminalization means that a state repealed or amended its laws to make certain acts criminal, but no longer subject to prosecution.

In 2001, Portugal became the first European country to abolish all criminal penalties for personal drug possession, under Law 30/2000. In addition, drug users were to be provided with therapy rather than prison sentences.

Indonesia. Drug laws in Indonesia are notoriously strict. Possession of illicit drugs is punished by jail time and hefty fines and drug trafficking carries long jail sentences or the death penalty.

According to German Law, narcotics are the substances and preparations listed in Annexes I to III of the Narcotics Law. Hashish, marihuana, heroin, cocaine, LSD, amphetamines, opium and morphine all belong to this category.

The Dutch recognize that it is impossible to prevent people from using drugs altogether. Coffee shops are therefore allowed to sell small amounts of soft drugs. This pragmatic approach means that authorities can actually focus on the big criminals who profit from drugs and who supply hard drugs.

Portugal has not changed the legal status of any drugs. They all remain illegal, however, the offence for possession has been changed from a criminal to a civil one. Here is how the system works. Portugal decriminalised use and possession of all drugs in a way that moves the focus from criminal punishment to treatment.

Summary. In general, dealing in narcotics in Germany without a license or a prescription from a doctor is illegal and subject to punishment according to sections 29 to 30a of the Narcotic Drugs Act.

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Summary. The German system of gun control is among the most stringent in Europe. It restricts the acquisition, possession, and carrying of firearms to those with a creditable need for a weapon. It bans fully automatic weapons and severely restricts the acquisition of other types of weapons.

According to the Weapons Act, you need a weapons possession card (Waffenbesitzkarte) to own or buy a firearm and a weapons license (Waffenschein) to use or carry a loaded firearm. But for those with a gun license, German law has no provision stipulating whether a gun must be concealed or loaded in public or not.

The P8 model (9×19 mm) will become the standard handgun of the Bundeswehr, while the P12 model (. 45 ACP/11.43×23 mm) will be used by the Special Forces. Used by Military Police.

The Firearms-Control Law generally prohibits any private possession of firearms in China with extremely limited exceptions. Aside from firearms for military use, the Law categorizes firearms as those for official use and those for civilian use.

Through most of China’s history, strict controls prevented large numbers of people from leaving the country. In modern times, however, some have been allowed to leave for various reasons.

Alaska

Russian citizens have the right to acquire and possess weapons according to rules established by legislation. These rules allow citizens of the Russian Federation who are eighteen years of age and older to apply for a license that would allow an individual to possess weapons of a specific type as stated in the license.

The Russian constitution provides for freedom of speech and press; however, government application of law, bureaucratic regulation, and politically motivated criminal investigations have forced the press to exercise self-censorship constraining its coverage of certain controversial issues, resulting in infringements of …

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives Americans the right to bear arms, and about a third of U.S. adults say they personally own a gun.

Weaponry

• AK-74M.
• AKS-74U.
• AS Val.
• OTs-14 Groza.
• PP-19 Bizon.
• 9A-91 carbine.
• A-91 rifle.
• Makarov pistol.

Cheka

Some of the countries listed, such as Iceland and Monaco, have no standing armies but still have a non-police military force. Some of the countries, such as Costa Rica and Grenada, underwent a process of demilitarization.

The term militsiya remains in use in several parts of the former Soviet Union: The Transdnistrian police force bears the official name PMR militsiya.

Table of Ranks

Military ranks		Special ranks
Troop ranks	Deck ranks	of Police
Marshal of the Russian Federation		—
General of the Army	Admiral of the Fleet	General of Police of the Russian Federation
Colonel General	Admiral	Colonel General of police

The RCMP doesn’t provide a set duration for the entire process; their cadet training takes 26 weeks. At the VPD, the recruit training alone takes up to 44 weeks in total. Generally, you can expect to set aside 6 months for your application process.

The FSB’s principal responsibilities include among other things: the detection, prevention and interdiction of intelligence and other activities by intelligence services and organizations of foreign States, the co ordination of counterintelligence measures, the suppression and detection of crimes, measures to combat …

Supposedly some of these inadequacies are taken care of later, because after leaving the training center the rookie militia officer will have an “old militia man” or field training officer for six months to give practical training on the streets.

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