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Dr Mary Ellen McCann, Vice Chairperson
Dr McCann is currently a College Lecturer in the Social Policy-Drugs field in UCD. She is on a leave of absence from her position as Director of the Ballymun Youth Action Project, a community response to drugs where she has worked since 1984. She holds a Diploma in education, a diploma in Adult and Community Education, an M.Phil, and a PhD. Dr McCann trained in addiction counselling in the Rutland Centre and later worked for two years in the Coolmine Therapeutic Community. Dr McCann has been active in the development of voluntary and community sector drugs/alcohol services and was a founding member of the Voluntary Drug Treatment Network. Dr McCann has been to the fore in design of the accredited Community Addiction Studies Course and established a Community Addiction Studies Training Centre, URRUS, the first of its kind in the country.
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