Dr Helen Beckett Wilson

Journal article

Metcalf McGrath L, Beckett Wilson H. 2024. Stigmatised and stressed: UK cannabis patients living in the context of prohibition Critical Social Policy, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Beckett Wilson H, Metcalf McGrath L. 2023. “It’s a big added stress on top of being so ill”: The challenges facing people prescribed cannabis in the UK. International Journal of Drug Policy, 122 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Taylor S, Beckett Wilson H, Barrett GA, Jamieson J, Grindrod L. 2018. Cannabis Use in an English Community: Acceptance, Anxieties and the Liminality of Drug Prohibition Contemporary Drug Problems, 45 :401-424 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Beckett Wilson H, Taylor S, Barrett GA, Jamieson J, Grindrod L. 2017. Propagating the Haze? Community and professional perceptions of cannabis cultivation and the impacts of prohibition International Journal of Drug Policy, 48 :72-80 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Worrall A, Corcoran M, Barrett GA, Beckett Wilson H, Burke L, Millings MN. 2015. Integrated Offender Management: Evaluation research in Merseyside and North Staffordshire Probation Quarterly, :28-30 Publisher Url Public Url

Beckett Wilson HE. 2014. Criminal justice? Using a social capital theory to evaluate probation-managed drug policy Probation Journal: the journal of community and criminal justice, 61 :60-78 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Beckett H, Frisher M. 2006. Drug Use Desistance Publisher Url

Internet publication

Beckett Wilson H, Metcalf McGrath LJ. 2023. Living in Limbo: The experiences of UK patients who are prescribed cannabis Publisher Url Public Url

Metcalf McGrath L, Beckett Wilson H. 2023. Prescribed but prohibited: UK cannabis patients face stigma and health inequalities Publisher Url Public Url

Film

Metcalf McGrath L, Beckett Wilson H. 2023. "It's a big added stress on top of being so ill": Challenges for UK cannabis patients Publisher Url

Dataset

Metcalf McGrath L, Beckett Wilson H. 2023. “It's a big added stress on top of being so ill”: The challenges facing people prescribed cannabis in the UK DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Report

Barrett GA, Beckett Wilson H, Burke L, Millings MN. 2015. Working Together to Reduce Reoffending: Reducing Reoffending Project 2012-2015 Publisher Url Public Url

Barrett GA, Beckett Wilson H, Burke L, Millings MN. 2015. Reducing Reoffending Project: Action Learning Set 6 Publisher Url Public Url

Barrett GA, Beckett Wilson H, Burke L, Millings MN. 2015. Reducing Reoffending Research Project: Action Learning Set 5 Publisher Url Public Url

Barrett GA, Beckett Wilson H, Burke L, Millings MN. 2014. Reducing Reoffending Research Project: Action Learning Set 4 Publisher Url Public Url

Barrett GA, Beckett Wilson H, Burke L, Millings MN. 2014. Reducing Reoffending Research Project: Action Learning Set 3 Public Url

Barrett GA, Beckett Wilson H, Burke L, Millings MN. 2013. European Reoffending Research Project: Action Learning Set 1 Publisher Url Public Url

Beckett H. 2004. Understanding Problem Drug Use Among Young People Accessing Drug Services: A multivariate approach using statistical modelling techniques Understanding Problem Drug Use Among Young People Accessing Drug Services: A multivariate approach using statistical modelling techniques :i-67 Publisher Url

Barrett GA, Beckett Wilson H, Burke L, Millings MN. European Reoffending Research Project: Action Learning Set 2 Publisher Url Public Url

Public engagement:

Public talk or lecture, Public engagement practitioners, Invited speaker, Pioneering Outreach for Public Engagement in STEAM conference. 2024

Festival event, Public, Invited Speaker, Pint of Science Festival 2024, "What's it like to be prescribed an illegal drug? The experiences of cannabis patients in the UK", https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/make-your-mind-up. 2024

Performance art: music, dance, drama, etc., Patients, Industry, Scientists, Researcher, film creator, Conway Hall, London, UK Medical Cannabis Patients Conference (Drug Science), Public screening of "It's a Big Added Stress on Top of Being So Ill: The Challenges facing people prescribed cannabis in the UK, animation of research findings.. 2023

Other invited event:

UK Parliament, London, Invited to present research findings on the experiences of cannabis patients to Members of the Commons and Lords in the APPG, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on medical cannabis under prescription. 2024

UK-wide, Invited to present research findings to members of the Drug Science group, spanning industry members, patient representatives, clinicians and academic experts., Drug Science Medical Cannabis Working Group. 2024

Media Coverage:

Filter Magazine, New York: UK medical cannabis access beset with social and systemic barriers. 2024

Conference presentation:

Other, Online/Global Science Show, European Research Showcase, Cannabis prescribing in the UK: Patient stories. 2023

Oral presentation, Liverpool John Moores University, Intersections: APSS Faculty Research Conference, The experiences of people prescribed cannabis in the UK. 2023

Research presentation, Liverpool John Moores University, Drugs: North West Research Group Annual Conference, Experiences of people using medical cannabis on prescription in the UK: Emerging findings. 2022

Research Grants Awarded:

Duration of research project: 1 year, Grant value (£): 769, LJMU QR Funding, Dr Beckett Wilson, Helen, LJMU, Exploring the experiences of people prescribed cannabis in the UK. 2023

Grant value (£): 2095.55, LJMU QR Funding - CCSE, Dr Helen Beckett Wilson, Investigating the impact of changes to the UK 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act which allow the prescription of Cannabis-Based Medical Products (CBMPs). 2021

Duration of research project: 8 months, Grant value (£): 2095.55, Liverpool John Moore University, Dr Lindsey Metcalf McGrath, Investigating the impact of changes to the UK 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act which allow the prescription of Cannabis-Based Medical Products (CBMPs). 2021

Duration of research project: 6 months, Grant value (£): 25, 740, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Taylor S, Barrett G, Jamieson J, Grindrod L., Cannabis Research in Knowsley. 2013

Duration of research project: 3 years, Grant value (£): 345,000, European Commission, Giles Barrett; Helen Beckett Wilson, Lol Burke, Matthew Millings (all LJMU), Reducing Reoffending in the European Union. 2012