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Canada has become the second country, after Uruguay, to legalise recreational cannabis. Baroness Molly Meacher, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform in the UK tells us whether the policy is likely to catch on elsewhere. Also in the programme, with the US midterm elections less than three weeks away, our regular economic commentator, Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute, tells us how the economy is likely to play a significant role in the vote. A $14b dollar deal to build a massive dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo has just been signed. We hear about the implications. As European leaders gather to discuss the latest round of Brexit negotiations, Sir Vince Cable, leader of the opposition Liberal Democrats in the UK parliament gives us his take on the deadlocked talks. Plus as Netflix announces significant growth in subscribers, Jim Edwards, founding editor of the website Business Insider UK tells us whether the company's ambitious targets are back on track.

(Picture: Customers queue outside a cannabis shop in Newfoundland. Picture credit: Reuters.)