Beckley 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
A chance for a scientific drugs policy Comment is Free The Guardian – By David Nutt 21st Sep 2010
Cannabis should be licensed and sold in shops, expert says Ian Sample-Science correspondent The Guardian, 14 September 2010
Psilocybin found to ease end-of-life anxiety in small study of patients with fatal cancer Scientific American – By David Biello 08 Sep 2010
Toughening drug laws won’t solve the problem Lewinson Sun Journal By the Editorial Board – 08 Sep 2010
Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medication New Scientist 01 September 2010 by Catherine de Lange
Duncan Barnes of TalkSport interviews Amanda Feilding, Lady Neidpath, director of the Beckley Foundation, on the regulation of illegal drugs
18th 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 ©2009.
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.
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 dañino 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)
