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

Suit claims app features like disappearing messages and geolocating users make kids easy targets for dealers

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2023

As more teens overdose on fentanyl, schools face a drug crisis unlike any other

Fentanyl-related teen overdose deaths nearly tripled from 2019 to 2021. As the school year gets under way, families in mourning urge education leaders to respond.

WEKU · Aug 30, 2023

Group urges feds to investigate Snapchat over fentanyl sales

As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention group is calling on the Justice Department to clamp down on social media’s role in the spread of fentanyl, the drug largely driving a troubling spike in overdose deaths among teenagers

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2022