Prison, Race, Rehabilitation and Wasted Potential

By |2020-10-16T10:05:02+01:00October 8th, 2019|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

When Cops Turn Against the Drug War

By |2020-10-16T10:05:02+01:00September 20th, 2019|Uncategorized|

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, [...]

Grieving my Own Childhood

By |2020-10-16T10:05:02+01:00September 12th, 2019|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

How I Became a Drug Policy Activist

By |2020-10-16T10:05:02+01:00August 27th, 2019|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

Why we can’t ignore the latest drug-related death statistics

By |2022-03-03T15:48:44+00:00August 19th, 2019|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

Casualties of War: The Philippines

By |2022-03-03T15:49:40+00:00July 23rd, 2019|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

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