Christian Ben Lakhdar is a professor of economy at the University of Lille. He has authored more that sixty scientific papers, book chapters and reports in the field of the economy of drugs and addictive behavior. His research topics include methods of cannabis regulation, the assessment of harm reduction tools and the functioning of illegal drug markets and their social and health consequences. He currently sits on the scientific committees of the Observatoire français des drogues et des toxicomanies (OFDT) and of Santé publique France (SpF). He works with the Global Commission on Drug Policy and other international organizations, and is a board member at the Comité national contre le tabagisme (CNCT).
