A wide network of partners
Through its partnership with the Beckley Foundation, Fundación Beckley Med will have the opportunity to work with leading international research institutions. Fundación Beckley Med will also collaborate with various local user associations in Spain that facilitate the development of observational studies.
As personal use of substances is not criminalised in Spain, there are currently around 300 associations of cannabis users in Catalonia, as well as various associations of ethnobotanical users or associations of users of all types of drugs focused exclusively on the development of scientific studies.
Collaboration with these types of entities facilitates the execution of exploratory observational studies, avoiding the biases of this type of research design, as the setting, analysis and dosage of the substances can be controlled.