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As her son was being rushed to the hospital, Melinda looked
through his cellphone, trying to piece together what, exactly, had
led to the nightmarish morning.
“There were tons of different groups on various social media
platforms where these kids are offering up drugs,” she said.
“Literally, hundreds of kids every second, saying, ‘Got this,’
‘Looking for this,’ ‘Anyone need this?’ ”
One group chat was filled with photos of guns, marijuana and
messages asking for “blues” and “snow” — opioids and cocaine.
Apps such as Facebook, Snapchat and WhatsApp now act as an
“easy highway” to illegal substances.
McFaul said perhaps the biggest challenge for the task force is lack
of knowledge among parents.
The drug dealer is not sitting down the street from you," DEA
Administrator Anne Milgram said. "It is sitting in your home. It is
sitting on the phone of your child, sitting in their bedroom, sitting
on the couch. Anyone can have access.”
The counterfeit pills are made to look like popular prescription
brands, including painkillers OxyContin, Percocet and Vicodin,
anxiety medication Xanax and attention-deficit drug Adderall.
"Because there is no dosage and quality control, you truly are taking
your life in your hands when you take that one pill. You don’t know
what’s in it," said Matthew O’Brien, the DEA assistant special agent
in charge in North Carolina.
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