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The Beckley Foundation in the Media
The Beckley Foundation has often been approached to do a piece for a
newspaper or the television. Until recently, we have avoided any such
publicity, but now feel that raising public awareness of the potential and
importance of the areas in which the foundation works could be of great
benefit to furthering both the scientific and policy research. We have
therefore engaged with a number of journalists and broadcasters, the results
of which can be seen below:
Latest Media Coverage
Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medicationNew Scientist 01 September 2010 by Catherine de Lange
Duncan Barnes of TalkSport interviews Amanda Neidpath, director of the Beckley Foundation, on the regulation of illegal drugs
18th August 2010
Another top doctor has backed a rethink of drug policy. Maybe it's time to listen
The Telegraph, By Tom Chivers 17th August 2010
Mexico rethinks drugs strategy as violence escalates
The Guardian, By Jo Tuckman in Mexico City 11th August 2010
Obituary: Dr Ronald Sandison Shetland-born psychiatrist pioneered use of LSD to treat his British patients
The Scotsman, By Alasdair Steven 7th August 2010
Dr Ronald Sandison, who has died aged 94, was a well-known psychiatrist and an early pioneer in Britain of the clinical use of LSD; although he later abandoned using the drug in treatments, he remained convinced of its benefits to the end of his life.
The Telegraph, Obituaries 5th August 2010
Psychedelic Medicine: Using Ecstasy to Treat PTSD
The Huffington Post, by Craig Comstock - 23rd July 2010
Experts turn against war on drugs
Yahoo News - By Ian Dunt - July 2010
Drugs and Crime Question for Short Debate Tabled By Baroness Meacher
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime discussion paper Treating Drug Dependence through Healthcare, not Punishment.
House of Lords debates, 15 June 2010, 6:05 pm
Faut-il legaliser le cannabis?
Le Monde - by Nicolas Bourcier interviews Amanda Feilding - June 3rd, 2010
HARDTalk - Prof. David Nutt talks to Stephen Sakur
May 2010
Amanda Feilding's Talk at the Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century Conference in San Jose
Huffington Post - April 21, 2010
Good Use for LSD
The Oxford Times - by Chris Koenig - February 24, 2010
Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate
Huffington Post - by Amanda Feilding - Posted: February 23, 2010 12:49 PM.
Mexico Legalizes Drug Possession
New York Times - August 21 2009
Lessons from the Dutch
New York Times - by Prof. Peter Reuter in Room for debate blogs - July 19th, 2009.
City trying to 'hash out' pot issue
Denmark.dk - the official website of Denmark.
7th July 2009.
Amanda
Feilding talks to Louisa Hannan of BBC Radio Oxford about the new
findings of the Beckley Foundation's collaborative research with Prof. Yuri
Moskalenko in St. Petersburg into cranial compliance, ageing and the effects
of trepanation - June 24th 2009
Audio kindly provided by BBC Oxford Š2009.
Beckley Foundation issues Global Cannabis Commission Report
WestCoastLeaf - by Amanda Feilding and Jonathan Hazell
Summer Issue 2009.
Like a hole in the head: The return of trepanation
by Arran Frood, New Scientist; 10th June, 2009.
Comment:
Get Real Drug Czars
by Robin Room, New Scientist; 20th May, 2009.
Tripping
Over Red Tape
Katrina Megget, Chemistry World; May 2009.
The War on Pot Is an Abject Failure ... Now's the Time for a New Approach
By Jag Davies, AlterNet; April 22, 2009.
The
Challenges in Developing a Rational Cannabis Policy
Current Opinion in Psychiatry - 2009 by Wayne Hall and Michael Lynskey.
Schwarzenegger: California should have a debate about
legalising pot
The Guardian - 6th May 2009
Northside
Tonight - Lady Amanda Neidpath of the Beckley Foundation tells Michael
Fitzgerald about the purpose and the objectives of the Global Cannabis
Commission.
Near 90fm, Dublin, 07/04/09
Cultural
Baggage Radio Show Lady Neidpath, Amanda Fielding, director of the
Beckley Foundation on drug research in the UK is interviewed at the UN drug
conference in Vienna by Michael Krawitz
Cannabis Laws Cause Harm
Sky News - Thursday 19th March 2009 - Many harms
associated with cannabis use result from prohibition rather than the drug
itself...
Beckley Cannabis Commission Side Event to UN Commission on
Narcotic Drugs 2009
Reporting live from CND 2009 - 16th March 2009 - Presentation by Amanda
Feilding, Lady Neidpath and Profs. Robin Room and Peter Reuter
La ONU revisa la eficacia de la guerra contra las drogas
El Pais, Madrid - 12th March 2009 - Interview with Amanda Feilding, Lady
Neidpath by Fernando Peinado
Drogas: diferentes estrategias
Redaccion BBC Mundo - 11th March 2009 - Interview with Amanda Feilding, Lady
Neidpath
The Global Drug Charade
The Guardian - 10th March 2009 by Mike Trace
Sense on Drugs
New Statesman - 2nd February 2009 by Jeremy Sare
Cannabis & Crime
New Scientist Magazine - 4th February 2009 - Letter to the Editor by Amanda
Neidpath
Radical Alternatives Proposed for Cannabis Controls
New Scientist Magazine - 30 December 2008 by Andy Coghlan
Interview with Amanda Feilding, Lady Neidpath Founder and
Director of the Beckley Foundation
Drugs and Alcohol Today - Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2008
Queen for a Day - by Amanda Feilding, Director of the
Beckley Foundation
The Big Issue - Monday 17th November, 2008
Drugs Uncovered: The Facts on Cannabbis
The Observer - Sun 16th Nov, 2008
Beckley Foundation Report - Cannabis: Going Against the
Conventions
Monitor, Parliamentary Magazine - November 2008.
Un estudio dice que el cannabis es menos daņino que el
alcohol y el tabaco
El Pais, Spain by Walter Oppenheimer - Fri 3rd Oct, 2008
Beyond experimentation
The Guardian by Duncan Campbell - Thu 2nd Oct, 2008
Report Urges Regulated Market for Cannabis to Replace
Prohibition
The Guardian by Duncan Campbell - Thu 2nd Oct, 2008
The Big Question: Is it time the world forgot about cannabis
in its war against drugs?
The Independent by Michael McCarthy - Fri 3rd Oct, 2008
Se la Scienza Boccia il Proibizionismo
Fuori Luogo by Grazia Zuffa - 26th Oct, 2008
Solo Science: Tinkering Outside the Tower
Susan Blackmore, More Intelligent Life - 24th Oct, 2008
Can illegal drugs help depression?
Body & Soul, The Times by Arran Frood - 23th Aug, 2008
Radio Interviews:
Radio
New Zealand Interview Jeremy Sare is a Cannabis reform expert and former
head of Drug Legislation and Classification at the Home Office in the UK, who
works as a consultant of the Beckley Foundation - 18th February, 2009.
Drug Truth Network
- Dean Becker - Thursday 30th October, 2008
City Talk - Duncan Barkes
- Wednesday 22nd October, 2008
NEAR90fm -
Community Radio for Northeast Dublin - Michael Fitzgerald - 2nd November,
2008
TV Programmes:
HORIZON - Is
Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy? - BBC2 (aired on 5th Feb 2008)
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