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Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
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One of the victims described was only a few weeks away from graduating from university.
Somebody needs to teach kids about actual drug safety. Abstinence from drugs is a shitty program that doesn't work and often, the speakers just lie. Opipids are horrible enough that you don't have to make up lies about them. When kids find out they lied about weed, they start to wonder what else they were lied to about. I can understand 14 year olds being dumb, but people in their 20s should know better than to be buying opioids on Snapchat and Telegram.
Also, I don't see a way how Snapchat can possibly regulate this. Just like with Craigslist, criminals will use emoji and code words to sell drugs and get through language filters.
There are organizations that do this, it's called harm reduction. Many people don't listen to them because they state that the number one harm reduction technique is to not do them at all.