 Patrick O'Hare was the founding Executive Director of IHRA from 1996 until he stepped down in 2004. He is now the Honorary President of IHRA and, in 2000, was awarded with IHRA’s International Rolleston Award.
Patrick O’Hare started working in the drug field in the mid-1980s when he became Director of the Mersey Drug Training and Information Centre in Liverpool. In 1989 he founded the International Journal of Drug Policy and was Editor from 1990 - 2000. In response to the interest and intrigue created by the innovative Mersey Harm Reduction Model, Pat initiated the 1st International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm in 1990 and the conference is now looking forward to its 19th event in Barcelona, 2008.
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