Beckley Foundation

The Beckley Foundation is a UK-based non-profit founded in 1998 and based in Oxford, with a global remit focused on psychedelic research and drug policy reform. It works through scientific and policy programmes and collaborates with researchers, political leaders, and institutions internationally. Its website describes its purpose as investigating psychoactive substances and developing evidence-based drug policies grounded in health, harm reduction, cost-effectiveness, and human rights.

In psychedelic medicine and drug policy, the Beckley Foundation functions as a research and reform organization rather than a patient service group. Current documented work includes the Beckley/Imperial research programme, new collaboration with King’s College London on LSD and mystical experience research, and policy outputs such as Roadmaps to Regulation: MDMA, which argues for decriminalization and a strictly regulated legal market. This makes it relevant for researchers, clinicians, funders, and policy groups interested in clinical evidence, regulatory models, and translating psychedelic science into access and reform discussions.