Leslie Lars Iversen CBE FRS MAE (31 October 1937 – 30 July 2020), was a British pharmacologist, known for his work on the neurochemistry of neurotransmission.^[1]

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Leslie Iversen CBE FRS MAE
Born	Leslie Lars Iversen (1937-10-31)31 October 1937 Exeter, England
Died	30 July 2020(2020-07-30) (aged 82)
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Spouse	Susan Iversen (1961)
Awards	Ferrier Lecture
Scientific career
Fields	Pharmacology
Institutions	University of Oxford University of Cambridge

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Of Norwegian descent, he attended Hele's School, Exeter.^[2][3]

From 1971 to 1982, Iversen was Director of the MRC Neurochemical Pharmacology Unit in Cambridge. Between 1982 and 1995 he worked as Director of the Merck, Sharp & Dohme Neuroscience Research Centre. In 1995 he became Visiting Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford.^[4]

In 2000, Iversen published the book The Science of Marijuana by Oxford University Press, Inc.^[5] In 2010 he was accused of plagiarism. Consequently one of his books now credits the original author of the plagiarized work.^[6]