He has promoted sensible approaches to drug use in the community including by regularly engaging with the media and providing non-partisan advice to state and national governments for more than 25 years.
John has held numerous non-executive director roles in policy, legal and health related organisations in Australia and internationally. He has worked in university research, government policy, and in frontline service delivery.
John holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University. He received a Churchill Fellowship to study ways to enhance public health approaches to drug policy.