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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, is vowing to keep the pressure on the Biden administration to address the opioid crisis head-on.
Snap, the parent company of popular social media platform Snapchat, has announced a new in-app tool that it says will educate users searching or drug-related key words on Snapchat about the dangers of drugs. The announcement comes after a public safety alert from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) last week that warned about an increase in fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine often sold on social media and e-commerce sites.
"We need to alert the kids – ASAP," said co-founder Ed Ternan. "That requires cooperation from social media platforms, because the internet is where kids are connecting -- so it has been our strategy to get them actively involved. We need to make social media our allies, not our adversaries." Fentanyl, a cheap and powerful opioid, is the primary driver of the dramatic increase in drug deaths over the past year, according to the CDC. It is also the active ingredient in fentapills, which have now been found in all 50 States, with resulting deaths reported in 42 States, according to the nonpr...