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...economic and social costs of prohibition are also staggering. The government spends over $30 billion battling cannabis each year, yet despite this tremendous expenditure marijuana is as available as ever, with 89 percent of high school seniors reporting last year that it was fairly easy or very easy to obtain. It is not surprising then that 734,000 people were arrested on marijuana-related charges in 2000, 88 percent for simple possession. Such enforcement produces more harm than it prevents. It criminalizes large numbers of otherwise law-abiding people who have in no way impinged upon the liberties of others...
...Khemais in an apartment outside Milan, but he was not in possession of any chemicals. Believed to be head of logistics for Osama bin Laden's operations in Europe, he was convicted last week and sentenced to five years in prison for criminal association with the intent to obtain and transport arms, explosives and chemicals. It was the first conviction in Europe of a suspected al-Qaeda operative since Sept. 11. Now Italian officials are trying to determine whether a link exists between Ben Khemais and the Moroccans and, if so, whether they share any tactics...
...Khemais, also known as Saber, was convicted in Milan late last week of criminal association with the intent to obtain and transport arms, explosives and chemicals. In January, he was convicted in absentia by a Tunisian military court for belonging to a terrorist organization operating overseas. The conviction and five-year sentence for Ben Khemais, who is suspected of heading Osama bin Laden's European logistics operations from Milan, is the first guilty verdict in Europe related to al-Qaeda since Sept. 11. Three other Tunisians received sentences of up to five years from the Italian court...
Once a group reaches the CCL, Illingworth wrote, problems preventing its existence have already been addressed—it must compose a constitution, select officers, obtain two faculty advisers and compile financial information before CCL, which meets two or three times a year, reviews its status...
...were able to obtain samples of 11 different foods, and that is not everything served that day,” Griffin said...