Cut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The terrified mothers are from different walks of life in Greater Manchester.
One is a working single parent, the other a executive living in an affluent suburb. But both have found themselves caught up in a frightening epidemic.
One told the M.E.N how she has been driven from the region after someone attempted to 'murder' her son. READ MORE: 'There is misery behind every drug deal' - organised criminal gang who flooded area with heroin and crack cocaine are jailed The other says she is terrified that her son will get caught up in the crossfire of a gang conflict.
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