This blog was written by journalist Tessie Castillo. Commissaris Muyshondt, sorry to bother you,” said a voice over the phone. “We arrested your brother this morning. Just thought you should know.” On the other end of the line, Officer Peter Muyshondt closed his eyes and breathed deeply. Not again. “Thanks for the heads-up,” Muyshondt replied in Dutch, [...]
This is an anonymous blog about the grief and sadness of losing a childhood because of prohibition. photo by PasquaTek_001, 2007 "Only ignorance would lead you to believe that this might not be a reality for your child at some point. Only now the drugs are much stronger and the market is controlled [...]
This blog was written by Transform Drug Policy Foundation volunteer, Sorcha, about how and why she became a drug policy activist. I started my journey at Cascade Creative Recovery, a community café run by people with substance misuse issues. Cascade provides a social network, safe space and creative courses [...]
This blog was written by Anyone's Child member, Raychel, following the release of the 2018 drug-related death statistics Today the Office of National Statistics (ONS) for drug related deaths across England and Wales were released. I couldn't sleep last night already anticipating the anger I was going to feel, the sadness that was going to [...]
This blog was written by Niko Vorobyov, a government-certified (convicted) drug dealer turned writer and author of the book Dopeworld, about the international drug trade. You can follow him @Lemmiwinks_III Three years ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a so-called ‘war on drugs’. Since then, at least 6,600 people have officially been killed [...]
This blog was written by Anyone's Child member, Chris, who organised a 65 mile walk along the Thames Path as part of our week of action to end the drug war in June 2019. The families walked all the way to Westminster to lobby government on the need to legally regulate drugs. When [...]
In June 2019, Anyone’s Child member, Brian, spoke at Maidenhead: Take Drugs Seriously, as part of our Week of Action to End the Drug War. You can read his powerful and inspiring speech here. As well as being a member of Anyone’s Child, I work in harm reduction [...]
On 25 June we spoke up and told the UK government that enough is enough. We turned up to central London in record numbers to call on the government to legally regulate drugs. Action is needed now to save lives and create safer societies for all of our children. [...]
The government has recently launched an inquiry into drug policy in the UK. Anyone's Child family member Hope shares her written submission below: Health and harms Health harms from drug use could be minimised if all drug supply was brought under reasonable legal control and regulation. The UK’s illicit drugs policy [...]
Join us this June for our week of action calling for an end to the drug war. Take a look below at the events we have planned and let us know which ones you'd like to get involved with by registering your interest here. London Drug Policy Activist [...]