Ian Paylor is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Social Science at Lancaster University, UK. He currently teaches the course Social Work and Drug Use to Undergraduate and Postgraduate social work students.
Fiona Measham is Senior Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Applied Social Science at Lancaster University, UK and is a member of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs.
Hugh Asher is undertaking a PhD in Applied Social Science at Lancaster University, UK and is a researcher for the Lifeline Project Ltd.