Last month Anyone's Child Campaign Manager, Jane Slater, caught up with who can only be described as the drug policy activist of 2020, Peter Krykant. Peter has taken on the political hot potato of the year and established the UK's first Overdose Prevention Centre, or Drug Consumption Room, in Glasgow. This is despite Westminster [...]
As the US saw four more states legalise recreational cannabis (bringing the total to 15) we caught up with Seun Adedeji, CEO of Elev8 Cannabis to tell us his story and why he believes that social equity* needs to be the heart of cannabis legalisation. The views expressed in this blog are those of [...]
Las tres muertes de Marisela Escobedo review To mark the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, Anyone’s Child volunteer Ashley reviews 'Las tres muertes de Marisela Escobedo' (The three deaths of Marisela Escobedo), a Netflix documentary which highlights Mexico’s femicide crisis. Last month Las tres muertes de [...]
Alex's story: as someone with former problematic cocaine use, I think the drug should be legally regulated This is a guest blog by Anyone’s Child activist, Alex, in response to Transform’s new book How to Regulate Stimulants: A practical guide, which explores how a legally regulated market for cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines would protect [...]
Why we should legalise drugs In this blog post Anyone's Child campaigner Marie reviews Justice on Trial, namely Chapter 3 - Why we should legalise drugs, by Chris Daw QC. After listening to Chris Daw speak on the Anyone's Child webinar last June, I felt compelled to buy and read his book [...]
On 10 September 2020, we organised a webinar to discuss the interactions between drug policies and the trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable people. We were delighted to be joined by guest speakers; Neil Woods, author of bestseller 'Good Cop: Bad War' and Chairperson of Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP UK); Coletta Youngers, Senior Fellow at [...]
This blog is written by Anyone's Child campaigner, Anne-Marie. Anne-Marie's only child might still be alive if ecstasy was regulated. Martha Mary Fernback died aged 15 from an accidental ecstasy overdose on the 20th of July 2013 in Oxford. Her mother Anne-Marie Cockburn has been campaigning over the past few years to [...]
This blog was written by Anyone's Child campaign manager and Transform Deputy CEO, Jane Slater. 14 July marked our five year anniversary since launching Anyone’s Child. Over the past five years we have grown to a network of over 40 UK based families, with a supporting network of over 100 activists and affiliate campaigns running [...]
On 25th June 2020, Anyone's Child: Families for Safer Drug Control, Transform Drug Policy Foundation and Support. Don't Punish held a special webinar titled: 'Take Drugs Seriously,' to discuss how legal regulation of the drug market could better protect young and vulnerable people from the harms caused by the illegal market. We received lots of [...]
In this blog post Anyone's Child Activist and Masters Student Hannah Manwell reviews Kilo by Toby Muse. ‘The drug war doesn’t move backward or forward; it simply turns in circles.’ Caught in a moment that has the potential to be historic, Kilo opens with the prospect of peace between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...]
