Cedro

The Centre for Drug Research, (CEDRO), was established in 1996 as a department of the School of Environmental Sciences (Faculteit der Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen), at the University of Amsterdam. Before, drug research activities directed by Peter Cohen existed already since 1983 and culminated only later in an organizational unit called CEDRO. The Centre's research efforts relied mainly on outside funding in spite of the fact that the University has always been willing to pay for a small part , thereby helping its continuity. Due to the sound reputation of its researchers as well as the special position held by Amsterdam and the Netherlands in the field of international drug research, CEDRO has gained much esteem in the scientific community. In 2000, CEDRO moved to the SCO Kohnstamm Institute in the then newly formed School of Social and Behavioral Science, where it remained till December 2003. Per January 2004 CEDRO stopped being an institute acquiring research funding from third parties. CEDRO lives on to maintain her website on which all CEDRO research and much more is published. New publications from the old CEDRO staff will in the future be published there as well. CEDRO's former director, Peter Cohen, retired from the university per March 1, 2004 and is now guest researcher at CEDRO through February 2007.