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Families of drug addicts call for radical change in the law
Families of drug addicts who died from overdoses are calling for a radical change in the law to save other young lives.
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Widow: 'Legalising drugs is the only way for society to take control'
Aimi Garidis, whose husband died from a lethal cocktail of drugs, says legalising drugs is the only way for society to take control.
Rose Humphries lost two sons to heroin.
She also says it was the fault of the laws surrounding the drug, rather than the drug itself.
Families of drug addicts call for radical change in the law
Families of drug addicts who died from overdoses are calling for a radical change in the law to save other young lives.
They met in Bristol to support a campaign called, "Anyone's Child". They're calling for drugs like heroin to be legalised because they say users should be helped, not criminalised.
The Transform campaign group says legalising drugs will:
- Saves lives
- Protect health
- Reduce crime and violence
- Protect children
- Save money