Made something legal or permitted by law; removed legal restrictions or prohibitions from something.
From 'legal' (from Latin 'legalis,' from 'lex' meaning law) combined with the suffix '-ize.' The word became common in the 18th century.
When substances are legalized, they don't disappear from illegal markets immediately—many regions that legalized cannabis found black markets persisting because illegal sellers undercut legal taxes!
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