Some fantastic news to start the year: our Managing Director Tarsilo Onuluk has been awarded a fellowship from the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). RSA Fellows are committed to inspiring better ways of thinking, acting and delivering change. An integral part of the RSA in creating a better future, Fellows champion new ideas, drive social change, deliver practical solutions and support the RSA mission.
Nominated by a friend as a surprise, the Fellowship recognises Tars’ commitment to tackling complex societal issues, and builds on his continued advances in bringing clarity to the UK’s drug policy debate in 2021. These include addressing the Sunday Assembly on the importance of rescheduling psilocybin to reduce restrictions on research and treatment in the face of the UK’s mental health crisis and taking an instrumental role in setting up the new APPG on Cannabinoids (CBD) to pave the way for evidence-based legislation in this area.
“It is an honour to join a community of people who share the ambition to tackle society’s challenges of today for a better future for everyone tomorrow.
Drug misuse has been a challenge we have not got right for years and when it comes to enabling evidence-based drug policy to deliver better outcomes for all, there are increasing examples of jurisdictions successfully adapting their regulatory environments. A large part of the success of our campaign for further progress towards evidence-based policy is to make the case with the evidence that is emerging from these evolving jurisdictions and I look forward to continue making the case now with the RSA community too.”