ECOSOC elects new INCB Member

The International Narcotic Control Board has a new member, replacing Professor Wayne Hall who recently resigned from the Board. He is Richard P. Mattick, Professor of Drug and Alcohol Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He was elected by ECOSOC from amongst the three candidates proposed by WHO.

Professor Mattick has conducted randomised control trials and published extensively on research into OST and the treatment of drug dependence. His is a psychologist by training. He was elected until 2017, and will first attend an INCB meeting in his new capacity in May 2015.

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