He argued that the crime rate would be reduced if drugs were to be decriminalized , but few people agreed with him .

他争辩道如果使毒品合法化，犯罪率就会下降，但几乎没有人同意他的观点。

Some lawmakers believes marijuana use should be decriminalized .

一些立法者认为应当降低对于吸食大麻的惩罚。

In august 2009 mexico decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana and other drugs , including heroin and cocaine .

2009年8月，墨西哥将小量持有大麻及其他毒品非刑事化，包括海洛因和可卡因。

Just as gangsters were largely driven out of the alcohol market after the end of prohibition , violent drug gangs would be driven out of a decriminalized drug market .

正如美国禁酒运动结束后犯罪团伙大多被赶出酒类市场一样，贩毒暴力团伙也会被赶出合法化的毒品市场。

Marijuana is now decriminalized in some form in about 20 states , and it is de facto decriminalized in some others as well .

如今，大麻已在约20个州以某种形式合法化，并在其他一些州获得了事实上的合法化。