Drug dealers using emojis to target teens — here's what parents should know
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) recently issued an emoji drug decoder to help parents know if, or when, their children are texting about illegal drugs.
It shows the various combinations of just emojis that drug dealers are using to communicate primarily with middle and high school students.
Tainted Drugs
Do you know what’s in that pill? Does your drug dealer?
Officials have discovered Ecstasy pills containing Methamphetamine being sold in the Chicago area.
Getting a Fix: Mapping Drug Overdoses
Jeff Beeson is deputy director of the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Beeson's team has a way for first responders to enter overdose data in real time, to help bridge the data gap plaguing the opioid epidemic.