Tim Bingham
RESEARCHER
Independent, Ireland
anabolic-androgenic steroids, arts-based methods, harm reduction
Tim Bingham has over 20 years of experience working directly with clients and health professionals in the substance use field including traditional drugs, novel psychoactive substances (NPS), and muscle drugs (in particular steroids). His research specialism is on emerging drug trends and on-line drug market places. He has co-authored a number of journal articles on these issues with a recent focus on the ‘Dark Web’. These include ‘Surfing the Silk Road’ and most recently ‘The Rise and Challenge of Dark Net Drug Markets’. In 2015 he was a member of an expert panel at the Drug Policy Alliance Conference in the USA on new and emerging drugs, and has presented as an international expert to the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction on the Dark Net and the ongoing developments of Internet drug markets.