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What Parents and Caring Adults Need to Know...
Drug cartels are targeting our youth by mass marketing fake Rx pills that are easily accessible and often sold on social media and e-commerce platforms, available to anyone with a smartphone.
There are a collection of emjoi's being used for these sales, such as:
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A rocket 🚀 = high potency
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A plug 🔌 = I'll hook up
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Roxy shorts 🩳 in size m30 = oxy(codone)
An image of Emoji Drug Codes Decoded is located below this article.
DEA's Message to families, parents, teachers, and kids
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Arm yourself with information to protect yourself from fentanyl poisoning
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If a pill does not come from your doctor or pharmacy, do not take it
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FAKE pills are ILLEGAL and potentially DEADLY
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TALK often about the dangers of fentanyl and purchasing drugs online
- One pill can kill!
What else can parents and caring adults do?
According the Operation Parent and the DEA, you can take these steps:
- Let your children know you are concerned about their safety
- Knowing more about the opioid reversal drug (Narcan) and how to use it
- Don't delay conversation. You can instill confidence with your children through communication. This can be many short and strong talks, during car rides or family dinners, you can even pass a notebook back and forth.
- Know phone passcodes/check their phones
- Practice refusal skills with your children
Communicate with Short and Powerful Statements:
- Anything you put in your mouth or arm could contain a lethal dose of Fentanyl
- If a mistake is made by you or a friend call 911 IMMEDIATELY
- Only take pills from a bottle with your name on it
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