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 [...]
In this blog post Anyone's Child Activist and South West Ambassador for the Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform John Hirst reviews 'Say Why to Drugs' by Dr Suzi Gage. Dr Suzi Gage is a psychologist and epidemiologist at the University of Liverpool and has long been recognised as a leading voice in drug science [...]
In this blog post Mr Haynes-De Vita shares his experience of working in the drug and alcohol sector during the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the last 6 weeks my work has taken me to various homeless hostels and independent living accommodations all over Hampshire where drug and alcohol use is high. Due to the lockdown those [...]
This blog was written by Hannah Manwell, Masters student at University of Bristol and Anyone's Child Intern. Written by the former drug-dealer Niko Vorobyov, Dopeworld promises to take its readers around the world, exposing the social and economic impact drugs are globally bearing. Opening with the distressing image of ‘blood and brains … [...]
“There is a very tragic human story behind this market analysis. Drug deaths in 2018 were the highest on record… Problem drug use is highly correlated with poverty, and these problems blight our most deprived communities.” Dame Carol Black The Dame Carol Black review was released last week [...]
This week the UK and Scottish governments are holding drug summits (on 26th/27th February) to discuss the growing UK drug crisis. In 2019 the UK once again recorded the highest level of drug deaths since records began with some 4,265 dying across the UK, including 1,187 in Scotland. Campaigners from Anyone’s Child: Families for Safer [...]
In this blog, Dr Karina Garcia Reyes shares her experience interviewing Mexican drug cartels for her PHD research. Which sheds light on the catastrophic impact of drug prohibition and how it fails to protect vulnerable people from harm and the futility of governments to fight violence with violence. This article is republished from The Conversation [...]
