Paul Griffiths has worked in the drugs field for over 25 years. Prior to 1999, he was based at the National Addiction Centre in London, where he was involved with a wide variety of research projects on drug issues. From 2000, his activities have focused on the international monitoring of drug use, working first as senior epidemiologist for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in Vienna, (UNODC), and subsequently, for the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), in Lisbon.
Paul joined the EMCDDA in 2003, as head of the epidemiology unit and was appointed Scientific Director in 2010. In his current role he is responsible for the overall coordination of the EMCDDA scientific work. In 2012, his work was noted by the NIDA international programme and he received an award for excellence in International leadership and holds an honorary position as a Visiting Senior Lecturer in the Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London.
