Instagram STILL lets drug kingpins push cannabis to children
Three months after a Mail investigation exposed the lax policing of drug dealers on Instagram, the kingpins are still able to push highly potent drugs onto kids without bans.
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Three months after a Mail investigation exposed the lax policing of drug dealers on Instagram, the kingpins are still able to push highly potent drugs onto kids without bans.
Dealers, some with almost 30,000 followers, promote their wares with enticing pictures of cannabis packaged as children's sweets and then arrange sales via private messaging services.
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