Professor Alex Stevens has been appointed to the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).
Appointed by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, Professor Stevens will join nine other new experts in healthcare, social science, criminal law, chemistry, education and drug prevention.
ACMD is an independent body which makes recommendations to government on the control of dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs.
Professor Stevens will be involved in ACMD work on the misuse of medicines, recovery from alcohol and substance abuse and new psychoactive substances, or so-called “legal highs”.
Professor Stevens is Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the Medway campus.
More information about Professor Stevens can be found here.
For more information contact Katie Newton.