Redrawing the lines: cocaine policy in Latin America

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🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Regional leaders recognise the abject failure of the war on drugs. We speak with Colombia’s president about some bold new ideas to tackle the problem. Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is a big gamble on the metaverse—but the real risk is that the company still known as Facebook is waning. And a zippy ride through England’s electric-scooter trial. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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0:00.0	Every household will get help with energy bills this winter.
0:04.5	The UK Government is giving you an extra £400 to ward your bills.
0:10.4	For most households, payments are automatic.
0:14.2	If you're on a traditional pre-payment meter, you'll receive vouchers.
0:19.1	You will also get even more help with your bills, with the energy price guarantee.
0:24.6	Find out more at gov.uk forward slash help for households today.
0:36.0	Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.
0:39.1	Today from London I'm your host Jason Palmer.
0:42.3	Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
0:46.8	Mark Zuckerberg
0:50.5	Mark Zuckerberg has a big bet when he changed the name of the company he leads from Facebook to Meta.
0:57.1	What's clear is that people are leaving Facebook.
1:00.0	What's not is whether enough will show up in the metaverse he's banking on.
1:06.4	And England has extended its trial of electric scooters to see how they fit into the transportation
1:11.9	mix. We ask whether it's got more people out of their cars and just how green e-scooters really are.
1:17.8	And of course we took a couple of them for a spin.
1:28.0	First up though.
1:31.7	You want to join me here?
1:40.1	If you want to be seated please ladies and gentlemen.
1:44.0	America's public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse.
1:50.9	In order to fight and defeat this enemy it is necessary to wage a new all-out offensive.
1:57.2	In June 1971 President Richard Nixon started a war that's still going on.
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