Killed by a pill bought on Snapchat: the counterfeit drugs poisoning US teens

Killed by a pill bought on Snapchat: the counterfeit drugs poisoning US teens

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/22/teen-fentanyl-deaths-pills-social-media

Accidental deaths soar among young people amid a proliferation of fentanyl-filled pharmaceuticals

Fourteen-year-old Alondra Salinas had set out her new white sneakers and packed her backpack the night before the first day of in-person high school when police say she responded to an offer on Snapchat for blue pills, which turned out to be deadly fentanyl. Her mother couldn’t wake her the next morning.

Killed by a pill bought on Snapchat: the counterfeit drugs poisoning US teens

Dec 23, 2021, 7:19am UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/22/teen-fentanyl-deaths-pills-social-media > Accidental deaths soar among young people amid a proliferation of fentanyl-filled pharmaceuticals > Fourteen-year-old Alondra Salinas had set out her new white sneakers and packed her backpack the night before the first day of in-person high school when police say she responded to an offer on Snapchat for blue pills, which turned out to be deadly fentanyl. Her mother couldn’t wake her the next morning.