Researcher profile

Adam Winstock

Professor Adam R Winstock MD MRCP MRCPsych FAChAM Adam is a Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist and Addiction Medicine specialist based in London. He works for a number of treatment providers across the UK. He trained at the Maudsley and IOP. He is Honorary Clinical Professor at the Institute of Epidemiolgy and Health Care, University College London. He is an active clinician, educator and researcher, having published over 140 papers on everything from opioid treatment and service delivery to dark net drug markets, sex and drugs, policy, health messaging, cannabis, novel drugs, ketamine, nitrous and psychedelics. He’s run services in the community, hospitals and prisons. He is passionate about harm reduction and developing effective treatment structures that have patients needs at their core. He is also founder and CEO of Global Drug Survey which runs the biggest drug survey in the world. He is also the architect of the free on line and smart phone apps the Drinks Meter (www.drinksmeter.com) and the world's first safer use cannabis guidelines at www.saferuselimits.co.