September 30, 2024

County lines: Are the UK’s drug laws fuelling child exploitation?

 County lines: Are the UK’s drug laws fuelling child exploitation?

Campaigners believe drug legalisation is key to preventing gangs from exploiting children as young as seven

Today, Barker works with young people at risk of exploitation, and while there are overlaps between his experience and theirs, social media has utterly transformed the criminal landscape.
When I was…