The group is chaired by Maryon Stewart and includes the following members:

Dr Taiwo Akinseye
General Practinioner

Owen Bowden-Jones
Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry at the
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Andrew Brown
Director of Programmes, Mentor

Howard Chandler
Tactical drugs consultant and police advisor

Dr Paul Dargan
Clinical Toxicologist, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS
Foundation Trust London

Lynne Franks
Author, entrepreneur and lifestyle guru.

Charlie Stuart Gay

Professor Michael Farthing
Vice Chancellor at the University of Sussex

Heather Harper

Caroline Hopkins
Director – Mindfulness at Work Ltd

David MackIntosh
Policy Advisor, London Drug Policy Forum

Dr Fiona Measham
Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Lancaster University.
Runs website ‘Clubbing Research’ which contains
academic research on legal and illegal drug use.

Dr Michael Morgan
Senior Lecturer in Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex.

Dr Nicola Newton
Research Fellow, Department of Psychological
Medicine and Psychiatry, Kings College, London

Judy Piatkus
Trained counsellor and previously CEO of
Piatkus Publishing

John Ramsey
Toxicologist and Director of TICTAC, St George’s
University of London

Dr Anthony Seldon
Authority on contemporary British history and
headmaster of Wellington College.

Professor Stephen Scott
Psychiatrist at Kings College Hospital specialising
in parenting and antisocial behaviour

Richard Swift
30 years experience planning and implementing
new business projects.

Dr David Wood
Clinical Toxicologist, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS
Foundation Trust London