I feel so lucky to have worked with Dave over the years, and to have seen first hand how big a part of this movement he is. At the UN meetings, he was a rock - a solid and dependable source of knowledge, wisdom, advice, humour, conspiracy, micky-taking, rebellion and empathy depending on which of those was most needed each time! It is so rare to be able to provide, and be remembered for, all those things - and this whole movement now has a DBT-shaped hole that we will never be able to fill. He made it back to Vienna for this meeting in 2024, and it was so lovely to have him lighting up the bland UN corridors (and bar!) one last time.
I worked with Dave on a lot of projects, most recently the Global Drug Policy Index - an idea which was born in his head, bounced around in there for about a decade, before we were able to help make it reality. Throughout, he was just the perfect colleague. He would always compliment me and others for the parts we played while simultaneously making sure we stayed in our box when it came to the more academic bits! But we did it - we made it happen, and another small part of Dave's massive legacy was secured.
Thank you so much Dave.
I feel so lucky to have worked with Dave over the years, and to have seen first hand how big a part of this movement he is. At the UN meetings, he was a rock - a solid and dependable source of knowledge, wisdom, advice, humour, conspiracy, micky-taking, rebellion and empathy depending on which of those was most needed each time! It is so rare to be able to provide, and be remembered for, all those things - and this whole movement now has a DBT-shaped hole that we will never be able to fill. He made it back to Vienna for this meeting in 2024, and it was so lovely to have him lighting up the bland UN corridors (and bar!) one last time.
I worked with Dave on a lot of projects, most recently the Global Drug Policy Index - an idea which was born in his head, bounced around in there for about a decade, before we were able to help make it reality. Throughout, he was just the perfect colleague. He would always compliment me and others for the parts we played while simultaneously making sure we stayed in our box when it came to the more academic bits! But we did it - we made it happen, and another small part of Dave's massive legacy was secured.
Thank you so much Dave.
