Local and national law enforcement are spreading awareness to parents and schools about how drug dealers communicate through emojis to sell illicit drugs to children.
died of fentanyl poisoningSince then, Hays County and local law enforcement formed a task force with the Drug Enforcement Administration to crack down on the distribution of counterfeit drugs often cut with frequently lethal doses of fentanyl.
As part of its One Pill Can Kill campaign, the Drug Enforcement Administration released this graphic on how emojis are used to buy and sell illicit drugs.The current iteration of the graphic, partially released in video format on Twitter in January, reveals commonly used emojis to discuss drugs. The commonly used flame and “100” emojis can represent Oxycodone or marijuana or even indicate the number of pills in a shipment, according to an older version of the graphic.