Drug dealers make communities 'insecure, fearful and subordinate', study finds

People in positions of power need to go out to communities battling drugs, crime and neglect and put resources into them and give people living there “a chance”, a conference on young people and gangs has heard.

Street projects trying to build up relationships with young people caught up in the drugs trade told the conference that they can, and do, have an impact – if they are funded.