'For most of us it took 10 years for our child to die'

By Jenny Valentish
Updated November 1 2017 - 9:38am, first published October 20 2017 - 4:57pm
Protestors against a safe injecting clinic to be built on Victoria Street, Richmond.
Photograph Paul Jeffers
The Age NEWS
27 Aug 2017
Protestors against a safe injecting clinic to be built on Victoria Street, Richmond. Photograph Paul Jeffers The Age NEWS 27 Aug 2017
Processed with Snapseed. Harriet Wran leaves Silverwater Correctional Centre, accompanied by her mother Jill Hickson Wran.
Processed with Snapseed. Harriet Wran leaves Silverwater Correctional Centre, accompanied by her mother Jill Hickson Wran.
10/10/17 Fran Williamson, group facilitator at The Supper Club, a group run by SHARC in Carnegie for parents whose children died from drug overdoses or drug use. Photograph by Chris Hopkins
10/10/17 Fran Williamson, group facilitator at The Supper Club, a group run by SHARC in Carnegie for parents whose children died from drug overdoses or drug use. Photograph by Chris Hopkins

When Anne* spotted an old friend in the supermarket, a familiar sense of dread set in. Wheeling her trolley around, she headed for the checkout with her shopping list half completed.

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