US President Barack Obama recently toured across Central America, meeting Heads of State and discussing security and economic development in the region. He met with the Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto and President Chinchilla of Costa Rica, among others. The aim was to promote a broader role for economic development in reducing organised crime across the region, with a reduced focus on militaristic intervention.
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The Beckley Foundation
The Beckley Foundation carries out pioneering scientific research into psychoactive drugs and consciousness, and promotes evidence-based, health-oriented drug policy reform.
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Latin American Chapter in Guatemala
In April 2012, The Beckley Foundation was honoured to be invited by President Pérez Molina of Guatemala to advise him and his Government on drug policy reform.
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Public Letter
The Beckley Foundation Public Letter was first published in the Times and the Guardian in November 2011. It is signed by 9 Presidents, 13 Nobel Prize winners, and a host of other distinguished world figures – and the list is still growing.
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Scientific Research
The Beckley Foundation Scientific Programme is a multi-disciplinary programme of studies into the potential benefits and risks of psychoactive substances, the effects they have on consciousness, and their potential therapeutic applications.
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The Beckley/Imperial Research Programme
The Beckley Foundation -Imperial College Psychopharmacological Research Programme investigates the neural and subjective effects of psychoactive substances, and their potential therapeutic applications.
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Seminars
Since 2000, the Beckley Foundation has organised a series of international seminars entitled Society and Drugs: A Rational Perspective, held mainly at the House of Lords in London. These events influence thought leaders by presenting rational overviews of the issues surrounding the use and misuse of drugs.
