This blog was written by Anyone's Child member Mick Humphreys. The Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (the “Act”), which was passed and published on 28 January 2016, came into force, or “commenced” on 26 May 2016. The Act defines what a psychoactive substance is under sections 2 as “any substance which is capable of producing a psychoactive [...]
Last month, at the biggest UN drug policy summit for a generation, a mother who lost her child to drugs and is now campaigning to end the global drug war, inspired the Canadian Health Minister to call for a humane drug policies that better protect citizens. Donna May, from Canada, who is part of the [...]
What: Public protest involving families from around the world, protesting against the War on Drugs, using a 1930s automobile (as used in anti-alcohol Prohibition campaigns - see photo below), but updated with anti-drug prohibition slogans and protesters wearing 1930s costumes. When: Monday 18th April, 2.00pm (EST) - prior to the biggest UN meeting on drugs [...]
Families from all over the world will descend on the United Nations headquarters in New York to demand an end to the global drug war. As the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs meets, representatives from fifty families from Afghanistan, Canada, the Philippines, Kenya, UK, Belgium, Honduras, the US and Mexico gather to [...]
This blog was written by Hope Humphreys The Government has a message about drugs: Drugs are bad, don't use them, and if you do, we will punish you severely. End of message. The Government prides itself on sending the "right" message, but is it? The message I receive from the Government is that it's an [...]
This blog is written by Hope Humphreys, one of the members of the Anyone's Child project. If I was asked to say just one thing about drugs, it would have to be that: people who use drugs are not bad people. Then I would repeat it, and say it even louder, really shout it out [...]
Today we are launching our new crowd-funding campaign on Just Giving to raise money for our new campaign 'International Families against the Drug War' which we will be taking to the UN next year. The campaign will be delivered in partnership with organisations and individuals from across the globe including Anyone's Child: Families for Safer [...]
Anyone’s Child: Families for Safer Drug Control were delighted to attend this year’s Drug Policy Alliance Reform conference in Washington DC thanks, in large part, to the Open Society Foundations scholarship programme which enabled Myself, Annemarie Cockburn and Cara Lavan from the project to attend. We were there to help gain exposure to our Anyone's Child campaign and to network [...]
Anyone’s Child welcomes the launch of a new briefing from the Count the Costs initiative, which underpins much of the work the families are doing in the U.K., and highlights the universal need for a rethink on our failing drug laws. The briefing arrives, fittingly, on UN Universal Children's Day. Seven Ways the War on Drugs [...]
Anyone's Child: Families for Safer Drug Control are giving a talk on Thursday 3rd December at 6pm at the Redland Park Church in Bristol. Speakers include: - Anne-Marie Cockburn, mother of 15-year-old Martha, who tragically died due to an ecstasy overdose - Aimi Garidis, who lost her husband to drugs - Nicky Saunter, CEO of [...]
