ABOUT UKDPC
The UKDPC launched in April 2007 and our objectives are to:
- Provide independent and objective analysis of UK drug policy;
- Ensure this is used by UK governments when considering policy, and by the media and public to encourage a wider, informed debate.
Our commissioners bring together a broad range of expertise from the drug treatment and medical research fields along with senior figures from policing, public policy and the media.
COMMISSIONERS
- Dame Ruth Runciman (Chair).
- Professor Baroness Haleh Afshar OBE
- Professor Colin Blakemore FRS
- David Blakey CBE QPM
- Annette Dale-Perera
- Daniel Finkelstein OBE
- Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
- Jeremy Hardie CBE
- Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel OBE
- Professor Alan Maynard
- Adam Sampson
- Professor John Strang
- Dawn Austwick OBE (Observer).
TRUSTEES
- Jan King, Independent Consultant.
- Eric Appleby, Independent Consultant.
FULL-TIME STAFF
- Roger Howard is Chief Executive.
- Nicola Singleton is Director of Policy & Research.
- Ben Lynam is Head of Communications.
- Roderick Montgomery is Office Manager.

