FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24th October 2019 Listings/diary Manchester: Take Drugs Seriously Bereaved families, politicians and former police call for the legal regulation of the drugs market. Bereaved families, politicians and former police officers will be discussing a new approach to illegal drugs in Manchester on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 November. Uniting through sharing their [...]
This is a guest blog by John Hirst – Labour Member Bristol East CLP and Anyone’s Child Activist. A year ago, following the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, I wrote a blog for Anyone’s Child entitled ‘Change is Coming’ in response to the encouraging drug policy discussions I saw in the city. A year on [...]
This blog was written by Sunny Dhadley, a part-time consultant for Transform Drug Policy Foundation working to build the Anyone’s Child network in the Midlands. In September I attended an event UK Policy, Race, Cannabis & Business learning the lessons from US cannabis legalisation. The event was co-organised by Blaksox, Transform Drug Policy Foundation, Stopwatch [...]
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 [...]