Julian Buchanan & Brandon Hutchison

    Dr. Julian Buchanan was a pioneer of 1980s harm reduction in Merseyside, England. Now a retired professor in New Zealand, he helps to lead Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa. HRCA can be contacted at info[at]hrca.nz.

     

    Brandon Hutchison is a New Zealand (Aotearoa) drug-law reform activist. Currently the secretary of Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa, he has decades of involvement in the cannabis law reform movement in New Zealand. Brandon holds degrees in physics and psychology and is now retired from his “day job” providing IT support to a university department.

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