Sam, 16, was sucked into drug trafficking in Oxfordshire and ended up being stabbed 13 timesSam has lived in the same English town his whole life, but recently a new craze has taken over his and other young people’s lives in the area. It isn’t the latest video game or fashion item, but rather teenagers in the region have increasingly been caught up in the county lines drug trade.The practice, also known as “going country” or OT (out there), involves urban gangs moving class A drugs and cash between inner-city hubs and provincial areas. Young people are recruited by drug dealers who groom them and offer them money to sell drugs in rural areas. Continue reading…
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