Rowland is investigating integrative health care approaches to problem substance use in the Netherlands, Portugal and Brazil. His goal is to better understand public health policy and practices pioneered by the Netherlands and Portugal, followed by an investigation of how that model translates to a larger country, Brazil, which implemented a Dutch-style drug law in 2006. A graduate of Northeastern University in international affairs, Rowland was most recently a legislative assistant for US Senator Angus King and an opioid response project manager for the state of Maine.
Dispatches from Rowland Robinson
In Portugal, drug decriminalization is not depenalization
First impressions from a misunderstood country.
Dutch culture’s role in modern drug policy
Musings on why here in the Netherlands?
A deal too good to refuse: housing as health care
A walk through the successes of Dutch policy and its challenges.