Simon Lenton is a Professor and Deputy Director at the National Drug Research Institute, Perth, Western Australia, and he works as a Clinical Psychologist in private practice. He has published more than 30 scientific articles, book chapters, and reports on cannabis, health and the law and presented on the topic at numerous national and international conferences. He is first author of Possession, Use and Supply former member of the Ministerial Working Party on Drug Law Reform which advised the Western Australian Government on the design and implementation of the Cannabis infringement Notice scheme which came into effect in March 2004.
He is currently heading a large pre-post evaluation of that scheme. Lenton’s research interests include illicit drug use and harm reduction, impact of legislative options for cannabis, and drink and drug driving.
