Snap Details Efforts to Keep Fentanyl Sales Off Snapchat

The company wrote in a blog post, “Drugs laced with fentanyl have contributed to an alarming increase in overdose deaths in the U.S.in recent years. Fentanyl is a potent opioid, deadly in quantities as small as one grain of sand. Drug dealers often use fentanyl to make counterfeit prescription pills, like Vicodin or Xanax, which when ingested can lead to death.”

Snap added “We have heard devastating stories from families impacted by this crisis, including cases where fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills were purchased from drug dealers on Snapchat.