Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing

Across the US, young people are dying from fentanyl in record numbers, even as overall drug use is on the decline. Photograph: Screengrabs courtesy of Social Media Victims Law Center

Hanh Badger was working from home the morning of 17 June 2021. She went to the kitchen to grab a second cup of coffee and noticed her daughter’s bedroom door was still shut. Badger found Brooke, 17, pale and motionless in bed.

Soon, the sheriff arrived and immediately administered Naloxone, a nasal spray that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. But Badger, a pharmacist, was confused. Brooke was a talented student who couldn’t wait to begin college that fall.