Since 2002 the Beckley Foundation has organised a series of seminars, Society and Drugs: A Rational Perspective, to address the issue of drug use in society from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The aim of the seminars is to achieve a rational overview of the scientific, medical, social, political and economic issues surrounding the use and abuse of drugs, both legal and illegal, and promoting a health orientated, evidence-based approach to global drug policy.
These seminars bring together experts from a wide range of disciplines to examine the latest evidence on:
- The effects of different drugs on the brain, behaviour and health.
- The effectiveness of different methods of informing and educating the public, particularly young people, about drugs and the consequences of their use.
- The issues of prevention and treatment of addiction, including the relative merits of education and rehabilitation versus criminalization and incarceration.
- The likely consequences of changes in legislation, and their implications for public health, law and order, and the economy.
- Examining alternative policy options to the current prohibitive approach.
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