Prof Owen Bowden-Jones is a consultant in addiction psychiatry at the CNWL Club Drug Clinic, London and an honorary professor at University College London.

Owen is the Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and a national clinical adviser to the Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco division, Public Health England. His research interests include emerging drugs harms, particularly in young people, and sexualize drug use.

In 2010, Owen founded the CNWL Club Drug Clinic, an innovative service offering treatment for emerging drug problems such as the use of novel psychoactive substance, club drugs and online purchased prescription medications. He led the development and publication of the national NEPTUNE clinical guidance and associated e-learning for emerging illicit drugs. The NEPTUNE project was a finalist at the 2018 Health Service Journal awards.

Owen contributes widely to the public debate on substance use in the UK and authored The Drug Conversation, a book for parents about adolescent drug use. The book was ‘Highly Commended’ at the BMA Book Awards.