Google and the debate show Intelligence Squared have teamed up to do video debates, the first of which is on the question of whether or not to end the war on drugs.

 

It's a very interesting conversation. Watch it when you have a couple of hours. From Intelligence Squared:

 

Making the case in favour of relaxing drug control

Misha Glenny – Journalist and author of bestseller McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime

Geoffrey Robertson QC – Leading human rights lawyer

 

Making the case in favour of retaining drug control

Antonio Maria Costa – Former Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Eliot Spitzer – Former governor of New York, lawyer and political commentator