Chem Sex and Sexual Drug Misuse Webinar South Eastern Division

We are delighted to announce Professor Owen Bowden-Jones will be speaking at this online event.

Professor Owen Bowden-Jones is a Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry at the CNWL Club Drug Clinic, London and an Honorary Professor at University College London.

In 2010, Owen founded the CNWL Club Drug Clinic, an innovative service offering treatment for emerging drug problems including novel psychoactive substances, club drugs and online purchased prescription medications. The service has recently expanded to support student health services at Imperial College London and University College London.

Education is a particular interest and Owen led the development and publication of the national NEPTUNE clinical guidance and associated e-learning, co-authored the Clinical Handbook of Club Drug and Novel Psychoactive Substances and oversaw the release of the ATOMIC mobile phone app, an educational tool covering prescription medication misuse.

National roles include Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), trustee of the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA), board member at the International Society for the Study of Emerging Drugs (ISSED) and a special adviser to the Universities UK drugs taskforce. His research interests include emerging drugs harms, particularly in young people.

Owen contributes widely to the public debate on substance use and authored ‘The Drug Conversation’, a book for parents about adolescent drug use, which was ‘Highly Commended’ at the BMA Book Awards. He regularly speaks in a wide variety of settings including schools, academic conferences and policy fora.

Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar, South Eastern Divisions Vice Chair will be chairing this event.

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Please kindly note, the event will be recorded, and the recording made available within two weeks of the event.

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