Steve is Senior Policy Analyst for Transform Drug Policy Foundation, a UK based NGO and charity engaged in analysis and advocacy around drug policy and law reform, where he has worked for 20 years. Steve is a lead author on a range of Transform publications including 2023's 'Regulating Psychedelics: A Practical Guide'. He has been a regular contributor to the public debate on drug policy and law; in the media, and in a range of UN and Government forums, and has served as an adviser for the Global Commission on Drugs, and the Governments of Uruguay, Canada, Luxembourg, Malta, Jamaica and Mexico on cannabis regulation.

Exploring options for responsible regulation of non medical psychedelics

In this talk Steve will present and explain Transform's 4-tiered regulation model for non medical psychedelics, developed to encompass different using motivations and contexts; 1) decriminalised personal use, cultivation, foraging and sharing; 2) non profit membership based associations 3)regulated production and retail model, and 4) supervised/guided experiences