Today, on the United Nations Universal Children's Day, Anyone's Child is heading to London to demand that the government controls and regulates drugs. Please read Radhika’s blog below to find out the shocking statistics behind the human stories. The idea of protecting children and young people has long been used to justify the drug war. Its [...]

This is a blog by Jane Slater, Campaign Manager for Anyone's Child I’m headed to Kenya next week for work I told my friends - Really? The response. Does Kenya have a particular drug problem? Why are you headed there? My reply, where doesn’t have a drug problem? Here’s my story of why I went [...]

Anyone's Child on UN Universal Children's Day **Media Alert**   On UN Universal Children's Day: Bereaved families lobby Prime Minister and Parliament to legalise and regulate drugs   Monday, 20th November 2017 11:30am, 10 Downing St. 12:00, Westminster Hall, Palace of Westminster   On United Nations’ Universal Children's Day, Monday 20 November, ‘Anyone’s [...]

This article was originally published on the Transform Drug Policy Foundation blog You don’t need a PhD in the history of alcohol Prohibition to realise that banning drugs doesn’t have a great record. So when we warned the government banning ‘Spice’ (now a catch-all for ‘synthetic cannabinoids’) and other so-called ‘legal highs’, would gift the [...]

Last week Bristol finally took its escalating illegal drug problem seriously and the city played host to a week of diverse and vibrant events centred on drug policy reform. Local charity Transform Drug Policy Foundation and Anyone’s Child: Families for Safer Drug Control were joined by drug policy experts and local activists to rally against [...]

  Paul Larner AKA Punky Paul, a homeless man who tragically died from a suspected drug overdose last week is being remembered on a mural that was unveiled a week ago in Stokes Croft. The mural reads: ‘Save lives now - legalise drugs’.  Paul now joins 17 images of bereaved people holding up signs representing [...]

This blog was written by Anyone's Child member, Hope Humphreys.  Anyone's Child street art in Bristol, UK. “If you do the crime, you do the time,” a phrase carelessly bandied about to justify almost anything. Black and white. End of. Just get over it. But it’s difficult to “get over it” because of [...]

This is a guest blog by Anne-Marie Cockburn On Sunday morning I cycled to my local BBC Studio near to where I live in Oxford to take part in a BBC discussion as a result of the fact that Prince William asked the BIG question this week - should drugs be legalised? My head felt [...]

    This autumn, 29 September to 7 October, is the Week of Action on drug policy reform. Transform Drug Policy Foundation and Anyone’s Child Families for Safer Drug Control have organised a series of events across Bristol so that you can join one of the biggest conversations about drugs that our community has ever [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Bereaved Senior Police Officer launches Anyone’s Child Belgium and new book calling for the legalisation of drugs   Deputy Chief of Police, Peter Muyshondt from Belgium, will explain why he wants drugs legally regulated at a public event in Antwerp. He will launch a new campaign ‘Anyone’s Child: Families for Safer [...]