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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Hollie Bone

Heartbroken parents' emotional plea for change to dated law with 'blood on its hands'

Grieving parents are among protesters who are lobbying Parliament to change a law with "blood on its hands" as one mum told Priti Patel she's "deaf" to the evidence.

Bereaved families joined former drug users, campaigners and MPs in Westminster on Tuesday, June 28, to explain how the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 is killing people.

It's the only piece of legislation in British law which hasn't been formally evaluated or reviewed since its introduction more than 50 years ago.

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