Richie has worked in the area of Social Inclusion & Addiction for the past 15 years. He is currently an Assistant Principal in the Drugs Policy, Refugee & Inclusion Health. His responsibilities include representing Ireland at the Council of the European Union ‘Horizontal Working Party on Drugs’, supporting the development of the new National Drugs Strategy, service and workforce innovation, drug prevention policy and the licencing process for Ireland’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Facility.