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Beckley Foundation Global Drug Policy Seminar 2005 House of Lords, Westminster Palace, London This annual seminar brought together top scientists and academics, senior politicians, policy analysts and other experts in order to debate this most difficult area of social policy. Partly held, as last year, in the House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London, the event incorporated four interlinked sessions: 1) The Beckley Foundation Global Drug Policy Seminar 2005, which evaluated the latest evidence and challenges in national and international drug policy and the effects of policy on supply, crime and health. The afternoon session examined the impact of international drug controlled systems on scientific and medical research. 2) The Beckley/Foresight Seminar on Future Policy Challenges, jointly hosted with Foresight, a UK Government think-tank, reviewed the Foresight Report on how best to manage the use of psychoactive substances for the good of the individual, the community and society over the next 20 years. 3) The Symposium of the International Network of Drug Policy Analysis, in which internationally acclaimed drug policy analysts met to give academic talks and discuss future collaboration. 4)The Meeting of the International Drug Policy Consortium , at which NGOs from around the world concerned with drug policy and related problems, met to discuss the future. At this three day event, participants, who came by invitation only, were able to debate, in a respectful and confidential atmosphere. The events followed Chatham House rules, but there will be a Proceedings Document produced, which will summarize the discussions of the two main seminars.
DAY ONE: Preface MORNING SESSION:
Dr. Marcus Roberts and Prof. Francisco Thoumi Alex Stevens and Prof. Mark Kleiman Prof. Gerry Stimson and Dr. Anindya Chatterjee
AFTERNOON SESSION:
Chair Prof. Colin Blakemore Prof. Leslie Iversen Rob Kampia Prof. David Nichols Dr. John Marsden DAY TWO : Executive Summary Dr. Andrew Jackson Prof. David Nutt HARM REDUCTION AND THE WIDER SOCIAL CONTEXT Prof. Gerry Stimson and discussant Prof Peter Reuter REGULATION AND UNDERLYING REASONS FOR DRUG USE Prof. Robert MacCoun Prof. Mark Kleiman Prof. Trevor Robbins and discussant Prof. Barbara Sahakian ETHICAL DILEMMAS Dr. Harald Schmidt and discussant Prof . Alastair Campbell CLOSING DISCUSSION EPILOGUE DEVELOPING TWO ORGANISATIONS FOUNDED BY THE BECKLEY FOUNDATION: APPENDICES
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