Calls to mediate with drug gangs to end intimidation

TALKING to drug gangs should be considered as part of an effort to protect families and communities from drug-related intimidation, a conference has heard.

The call was made amid warnings that intimidation is threatening to “break the will” of communities and needs to be made a political priority.

The conference, organised by CityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign, heard how drug users, their families and the wider community were being threatened over drug debts.