Henri Bergeron, PhD in Sociology is a senior Research Fellow at The French
National Centre for Scientific Research. He is also the Scientific Coordinator of a
Chair in Public Health Studies at Sciences Po Paris (Fondation Nationale des Sciences
Politiques). He was for 4.5 years deputy scientific coordinator of the EMCDDA and
he has conducted research on the forming, framing and implementation of Drug
policies in Europe. Among his books are L’Etat et la toxicomanie. Histoire d’une
singularité française and Sociologie de la Drogue (to be published in 2008).
Sandeep Chawla, Ph.D., is head of Research and Policy Analysis at the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Since 1994 he has led
the development of UNODC’s research and analysis capabilities. The
systematic publication of research findings, analytical studies, statistics
and annual estimates of the extent of illicit drug production, trafficking
and abuse, reflected in the World Drug Report, the annual Global Illicit
Drug Trends publications, the Studies on Drugs and Crime series and the
annual illicit crop survey reports, all occurred during this period. He is
the Editor of the United Nations Bulletin on Narcotics, which is one of the
oldest journals in the field, having been in continuous publication since
1949.
Christine Godfrey is a Professor of Health Economics at the Department
of Health Sciences and Centre for Health Economics at the University of
York, United Kingdom. She has been researching on the economics of
alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs since 1984. She is an applied
researcher particularly interested in how economic techniques combined
with research from other social scientists can be used to inform policy
decisions.
Keith Humphreys
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is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford
Career Research Scientist in the U.S. Department of
He has studied treatment and self-help programs for
substance abuse problems for 20 years. He has been a
policy makers in the U.S., U.K., Eastern Europe and in
Peter Reuter is Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of
Maryland, where he also holds a joint appointment in the Department of
Criminology. Trained as an economist, he has conducted research on drug markets
and various aspects of drug policy for the past twenty years. Among his books is
Drug War Heresies: Learning from other Vices, Times and Places (with Robert
MacCoun)"
Alison Ritter is Associate Professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research
Centre, Australia. After initially working as a Clinical Psychologist with drug and
alcohol dependent people, she moved into clinical research and in the last few years
has focussed on drug policy research.