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Science Links

Links to organisations active in the scientific investigation of drug use and consciousness.

British Neuroscience Association
The BNA is the largest body representing all aspects of neuroscience from ion channels to whole animal behaviour.

Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience
The Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford is an interdisciplinary research centre supporting and promoting interaction between research groups in aspects of basic and clinical neuroscience across a large number of university departments in Oxford and elsewhere.

Cerebral Institute of Discovery
A collection of neurological resources, from brain research studies and pharmacology to treatment options and assistive technologies for those with neurological disturbances.

Food and Behaviour Research
Food and Behaviour Research (FAB Research) is a charitable organisation dedicated both to advancing scientific research into the links between nutrition and human behaviour and to making the findings from such research available to the widest possible audience.

Heffter Research Institute
The mission of the HRI is to conduct research of the highest scientific quality with psychedelic substances in order to contribute to a greater understanding of the mind, leading to the improvement of the human condition, and the alleviation of suffering.

Institute of Noetic Sciences
The Institute conducts and sponsors research into the potentials and powers of consciousness including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition.

International Cannabinoid Research Project
The ICRS is dedicated to research in all fields relating to the Cannabinoids, from receptor studies and medicinal chemistry to treatment and prevention of marijuana abuse.

International Consciousness Research Laboratories
ICRL is an informal consortium of accomplished scholars who share a commitment to collaborative exploration of the role of consciousness in physical reality.

MAPS
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a research and educational organisation that assists scientists to design, fund, obtain approval for and report on studies into the risks and benefits of MDMA, psychedelic drugs and marijuana.

Neuroscience Net
A scholarly journal devoted to publishing reseach in basic and clinical neuroscience.

Neurosciences on the Internet
A searchable and browsable index of neuroscience resources available on the Internet: Neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology and cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases.

Science and Consciousness Review
The SCR is a scientific community for exploring consciousness, including our own experiences of the world, of each other and of ourselves.

Science of Medical Marijuana
A US site with information on the history of medicinal cannabis and related reports and scientific studies.

Scientific Research on Transcendental Meditation
A collection of studies on the physiological, psychological, and sociological effects of Transcendental Meditation.

Society for Neuroscience
The SFN is a society of scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system, which promotes the exchange of information among researchers.

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
SSSR's purpose is to stimulate and communicate significant scientific research on religious institutions and religious experience.

The Scientist
The mission of The Scientist is to provide compelling print and online coverage of the latest developments in life sciences research, technology and business.

University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry is based at the Warneford Hospital and has units for research and teaching at two other Oxford hospitals.

Policy Links

Links to organisations active in the national and international political management of drug use and abuse.

Australian Drug Foundation
An independent, non-profit organisation that has worked for over 40 years to prevent and reduce alcohol and other drug problems in the Australian community.

Bureau for Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
The INL advises the President, Secretary of State, other bureaus in the Department of State, and other departments and agencies within the U.S. Government on the development of policies and programs to combat international narcotics and crime.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) enforces US federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives and arson.

Canadian Center on Substance Abuse
The mission of Canadas national addictions agency is to provide objective, evidence-based information and advice that will help reduce the health, social and economic harm associated with substance abuse and addictions.

Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics
A network of scholars elaborating the law, policy and ethics of freedom of thought. They aim to develop public policies that will preserve and enhance freedom of thought in the 21st Century.

Centre for Drug Research, University of Amsterdam
CEDRO is a Dutch academic department conducting international socio-scientific research about drug use, drug policy and drug distribution.

Coca
Coca is a UK based charity supporting drug professionals and organisations with the issues relating to stimulant drugs. It does this by providing information, advice, drugs training and needs analysis.

Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
CJPF's mission is to educate the public about the impact of drug policy and the problems of policing on the criminal justice system.

DEA
US Drug Enforcement Administration

Drug Policy Alliance
The DPA envisions a just society in which the use and regulation of drugs are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights, in which people are no longer punished for what they put into their own bodies but only for crimes committed against others, and in which the fears, prejudices and punitive prohibitions of today are no more.

Drug Reform Coordination Network
Major national and global network for drug policy reform from a variety of perspectives, including harm reduction, reform of sentencing and forfeiture laws, medicalization of currently schedule I drugs, and promotion of an open debate on drug prohibition.

Drugscope
The UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs. Their aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related risk.

ERIT
Federation of European Professional Associations Working in the Field of Drug Abuse. It includes associations of professional who work with drug addicts in all European countries and is supported by the European Commission.

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
One of the European Unions decentralised agencies, based in Lisbon. The central source of comprehensive information on drugs and drug addiction in Europe.

FAS Drug Policy Project
The Federation of American Scientists Drug Policy Project has two ongoing activities: the quarterly Drug Policy Analysis Bulletin and FAS ADAPT (Analysis and Dialogue for Drug-abuse Policies and Tactics).

Foresight
The UK Foresight programme is managed by the Office of Science and Technology and brings together key people, knowledge and ideas to look beyond normal ...

Institute for Policy Studies, Drug Policy Project
The IPS Drug Policy Project advocates for reform by reaching out to non-traditional allies and employing innovative tactics to promote a sustainable, constitutional, and humane drug control policy.

Institute of Alcohol Studies
The aims of this Institute in the UK are to increase the understanding of alcohol and of public policies necessary to reduce the problems associated with its use.

Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
This organisation consists of most of the countries in North, Central and South America, which have combined in an effort to carry out cross-regional drug related programs in areas such as money laundering and demand reduction.

International Harm Reduction Association
International organisation promoting harm reduction at a global level.

International Harm Reduction Development Programme
The International Harm Reduction Development Program (IHRD), a part of OSI's Public Health Programs, focuses on diminishing the individual and social harms associated with drug useparticularly the risk of HIV infectionthrough innovative measures based on the philosophy of harm reduction.

ITACA
European Association of Professionals Working in the Drug Field. They aim to foster open-minded collaboration and debate between people from different national and professional backgrounds in order to develop common strategies, techniques and good practice which are evidence based and protect human rights.

Join Together
Join Together supports community-based efforts to reduce, prevent, and treat substance abuse across the nation. Join Together Online (JTO) has long been a pioneer in using the Internet to support people working on substance abuse and gun violence issues.

KCBA Drug Policy Project
The King County Bar Association is leading a high-level partnership of lawyers, doctors, pharmacists and other professionals in Washington to find more effective ways to reduce the harm and costs of drug abuse, and of the War on Drugs itself.

Mentor Foundation
The Mentor Foundation works at a global level to provide help and support to those who are working to develop and implement drug misuse prevention projects and policies.

National Drug Intelligence Center
The NDIC is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice and a member of the Intelligence Community. The General Counterdrug Intelligence Plan designated NDIC as the nation's principal center for strategic domestic counterdrug intelligence.

National Institute on Drug Abuse
Major US organisation that strives to bring the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.

NEIP - Psychoactives Interdisciplinary Study Group
A Brazillian center for study of psychoactive substances that brings together scholars in the Human Sciences affiliated with various institutions to promote joint reflection on the topic.

Office of National Drug Control Policy
White House Drug Policy initiatives, programs, and resources.

Office of National Drug Control Policy
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a component of the Executive Office of the President, works to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the US drug control program.

RAND Drug Policy Research Centre
Goal is to provide a firm, empirical foundation on which sound drug policies can be built.

Release
In 1967, Release established the first ever national drugs help line in the UK. It maintains a pivotal role in the drugs and legal advice field, and now operates a number of specialist services.

Schaffer Library of Drug Policy
Massive collection of documents related to all aspects of policy.

Senlis Council
An international collaborative framework which gathers expertise and facilitates new initiatives on global drug policy. Aims to work as the dialogue partner with senior policy-makers at the national and the intergovernmental levels.

Trans-National Institute
Drugs programme that has been analysing since 1996 the trends in the illegal drugs market and in drug policies globally.

Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Charitable think tank that seeks to draw public attention to the fact that drug prohibition itself is the major cause of drug-related harm to individuals, communities and nations, and should be replaced by effective, just and humane government control and regulation.

Turning Point UK
The UK's leading social care organisation. They provide services for people with complex needs, including those affected by drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems and those with a disability.

UNGASS
The Transnational Institute has created a website that deals specifically with the UN 10 year review of drug policy. The website (www.ungassondrugs.org) contains key documents, analysis and announcements that are relevant to the review of the 1998 UNGASS.

United Nations Association Westminster Branch UK
The UN Drugs Conventions, unlike any other, provoke intense disagreement between experts, clinicians and lawmakers around the world.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The UNODC is the UN's umbrella agency with responsibility for drug issues. It is mandated to assist Member States in their struggle against illicit drugs, crime and terrorism.

Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
An association of lawyers and judges encouraging examination of the consequences of the drug war.

Washington Office on Latin America
WOLA is a policy, research and advocacy organisation working to promote human rights, democracy, social and economic justice in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Wilton Park
Wilton Park is one of the world's leading centres for the discussion of international issues.

Other Links

Links to organisations whose work is related in other ways to the work of the Beckley Foundation.

Albert Hofmann Foundation
Aims to further the understanding and responsible application of psychedelic substances in the investigation of both individual and collective consciousness.

Alcohol Concern
In the UK, the national agency on alcohol misuse, working to reduce the incidence and costs of alcohol-related harm and to increase the range and quality of services available to people with alcohol-related problems.

Council on Spiritual Practices
The Council on Spiritual Practices is a collaboration among spiritual guides, experts in the behavioral and biomedical sciences, and scholars of religion, dedicated to making direct experience of the sacred more available to more people.

Ecstasy.Org
Ecstasy.org aims to gather and make accessible objective, authoritative and up to date information about the drug ecstasy (principally MDMA).

Erowid
An organisation providing access to reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants and chemicals and related issues.

Global Retreat Centre
The Global Retreat Centre helps people from across the world restore balance and focus to their lives through solitude, silence and the study of spiritual values.

GW Pharmaceuticals
GW Pharmaceuticals is licensed by the UK Home Office to work with a range of controlled drugs, including non-smoked prescription medicines derived from cannabis, for medical research purposes.

Ibogaine Dossier
The Ibogaine Dossier is an extensive library dedicated to providing information on ibogaine, an experimental antiaddictive medication.

Institute of Alcohol Studies
The IAS aims to increase the understanding of alcohol and of public policies necessary to reduce the problems associated with its use.

One Healthy World
1HealthyWorld is a source for the latest news and information in the field of Holistic, Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine intended to empower personal wellness.

Planetary Movement Limited
The Planetary Movement is a not for profit organisation that supports the growth and expansion of democracy, justice and environmental preservation.

Psychedelic Library
A Drugtext Europe library of psychedelics

Psychoactive Drugs Guide
A colourful guide to the different psychoactive drugs

Vipassana Meditation Network
This is the international home page of the organizations which offer courses in Vipassana Meditation in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin as taught by S.N. Goenka and his assistant teachers.

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