Up to one in five teenage boys say they or their friends have been offered work by drug gangs
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Nearly one in five (19%) UK teenage boys say they or their friends have been offered work by drug suppliers, a survey commissioned by British Transport Police (BTP) suggests.
Data further reveals that more than a quarter (27%) of boys aged 13 to 19 have seen drugs being offered or sold either at school or on social media.
To counter drug suppliers’ attempts to groom, manipulate and seduce children into the drug trade, BTP has today (1 March) launched an all-new campaign. The ‘Don’t Take the B...
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