Friday, 17 September 2010 08:01 'For almost 40 years, the United States has waged a war on its own citizens who have used marijuana as a part of a drug culture originally encouraged by the government. The war was commenced despite the government’s own findings that marijuana posed less of a risk to American society than alcohol, and that the greatest harm that would result from criminalization would be the injury caused to those arrested for possession and use. The harm caused by the war extends beyond its 15 million prisoners; its cost has exceeded a trillion dollars, and it has benefitted only those who profit from the illegal cultivation and sale of marijuana.' Read more: The Fraudulent Criminalisation of Marijuana in America Friday, 17 September 2010 07:18 'French President Nicolas Sarkozy has come under immense pressure from other EU members and human rights groups for his persistence in backing the expulsion of Roma minorities from France. As Sarkozy remains firmly behind his government's continued dismantling of what has been described as illegal camps housing the Roma migrants, other European countries and human rights organizations have demanded an end to France's crackdown on the Romanian and Bulgarian minorities.' Thursday, 16 September 2010 12:02 'Sarkogate? Le Mondegate? L'Oréalgate? Evidence continued to pile up yesterday that President Nicolas Sarkozy's office abused its powers, and broke the law, to staunch newspaper revelations flowing from the convoluted (but endlessly fascinating) L'Oréal family feud and political financing scandal. The comparison with President Richard Nixon and the Watergate affair of the 1970s may be something of a stretch. Consider, however, the similarities.'
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