Anyone’s Child: Families for Safer Drug Control amplifies the voices of those who have been directly impacted by drug policy failures and are now calling for the legal control and regulation of the drug market.

Our politicians tell us that drugs need to be illegal to protect our children. But this is not the case. And evidence proves it.

By making drugs illegal, we have handed the market to organised crime groups, rather than the government. And these people don’t ask for ID, don’t care about who they sell to, and don’t care about what the drugs contain.

Young people will always use drugs. It’s natural for them to experiment. “Just say no” doesn’t work, and neither does punishment.

A criminal record for drug possession destroys a child’s life, ruining job prospects, their status in society, and their futures. You can read more about how current drug laws harm families in the stories section of this site.

We believe that our drug laws need to protect our children. That’s why we urgently need a new approach to keep all of our families safe.

Don’t let your child become the next casualty of the drug war. Join the campaign for legal regulation.


What are we calling for?

We are now calling for governments to be honest and base drug policy on reality, not fear – and that means regulating drugs to reduce the risks they pose.

Contrary to what some may think, legal regulation doesn’t mean a free-for-all, where drugs are widely available – our current laws have already achieved that.

Drugs are currently 100% manufactured and distributed by organised crime groups – there is no minimum age, quality control standards, or duty of care. Our vision is that control of all drugs would instead be the responsibility of medical professionals, such as doctors and pharmacists.

I am heartened by a touching new project in
the UK. Launched by Transform Drug Policy
Foundation,

costs of the war on drugs and show the public
that it is the current approach which is
endangering their children, and that legal
regulation would help keep them safe.
seeks to put a human face on theAnyone's Child: Families for SaferDrug Control""Sir Richard Branson
"To deal with drugs as a one-dimensional,
law-and-order issue is to miss the point...
We have waves of violent crime sustained
by the drug trade, so we have to take the
money out of drugs...
Helen ClarkHead of the United Nations Development Programme"act on evidence.[Politicians] should
Persisting in our current policies will only
result in more drug abuse, more empowerment
of drug markets and criminals, and more disease
and suffering... We appeal to you to initiate a
dialogue regarding the future of global drug control
policies - one in which fear, prejudice and punitive
prohibitions yield to common sense, science, public
health and human rights.
""Rowan WilliamsFormer Archbishop of Canterbury
The failure of the current UK system of
criminalisation is clear - alternatives must
be considered.

criminal justice system, and to adopt an
evidence-based and health-focused
approach to drug use.
, to reduce its reliance on an overburdenedits policyIt is time for the UK to review"Dame Judy DenchActress
Leaving the drugs market in the hands of criminals causes
huge and unnecessary harms to individuals, communities
and entire countries, with the poor the hardest hit.


with a strict system of legal regulation,
to make the world a safer and healthier
place - especially for our children.
It is time to replace our failed war on drugs"Bob AinsworthFormer UK Drugs Minister