Middlesbrough gets £4.5m to tackle 'wicked and deep-rooted' drugs problem
AN “URGENTLY needed” cash boost to deal with Middlesbrough’s drug woes has been unveiled in a new project. The town will receive £4.5m as part of “Project Adder” – a three year scheme promising to clamp down on drug misuse and criminal gangs while offering support to recovering addicts. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show 24 people died of drug misuse in Middlesbrough in 2019 – the highest number in the town since records began in 1993. Statistics also show Cleveland has seen a rise in recorded drug crime between 2015/16 and 2019/20 – with 1,797 offen...
Source: thenorthernecho.co.uk
