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:

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

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

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)