Social media plays role in drug sales

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Group urges U.S. feds to investigate Snapchat over fentanyl sales As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention group is calling on the Justice Department to clamp down on social media's role in the spread of fentanyl, the drug largely driving a troubling spike in overdose deaths among teenagers.Snapchat's parent company, for its part, said it has taken significant steps to improve safety on the platform and saw a drop in user reports about drug sales from over 23% last year to 3.3% last month.Founding attorney Matthew Bergman said the platform is the only one where their clients' children have gotten fake or lethal pills.While the latest overdose death data has some encouraging signs, the number of fentanyl-laced pills seized in the U.S. more doubled this year, the DEA said this week.MORE HEALTH NEWS COVID-19 COVERAGE CTVNews.ca Top Stories Environment Canada warns of once-in-decade storm as Ontario, Quebec brace for impact A major winter storm hitting Ontario and Quebec cancelled flights, closed schools and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people Friday, with an Environment Canada meteorologist warning of a possible once-in-a-decade weather event."

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