UK DRUG POLICY: MORE HARM THAN GOOD?
This blog is adapted from a speech given by Rose at the Durham PCC Symposium. Rose tells her story for Anyone's Child, alongside Ruth Dreifuss, at the Durham PCC [...]
Tomorrow my son turns 5. It will be his third birthday without his father Jake.
This blog was written by Anyone’s Child member Cara Lavan Tomorrow (19th July) my son turns 5. It will be his third birthday without his father Jake. The day [...]
Inspired by bereaved mother, MP says drug policy needs a radical re-think
Tomorrow at 11:30 am (GMT) there is a UK Parliamentary debate on Drugs Policy. When: 11.30am Where: Main Chamber, House of Commons What: General Debate on Drug Policy Layla Moran, MP [...]
5 Reasons to meet your MP
We want you to contact your MP directly to ask what they intend to do about our failed drug laws. Here’s why: 1. You [...]
Waiting with love – the truth behind “Narcos”
This blog by Anyone’s Child Coordinator, Mary Ryder, was originally published by openDemocracy on 2 June 2017 Since the Mexican state intensified its drug war in 2006 more than 28,000 people [...]
24 hours in a British jail
It’s June 24th. My husband has just been sentenced to 9 years in jail. I watch him walk out of the dock and into a life where he is no [...]