GOOD TO 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.
Parikah is a member of Lockport High School's chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions, or SADD for short. The group's focus includes drug prevention among students — something the emoji drug texts make more difficult, especially for parents.
Because teens spend so much time on social media, Catone says that’s where traffickers try to target them. "The next phase is they connect. That's when the kids go on WhatsApp. … because they think hey, they may look at texts but they are not going to go in to these WhatsApp messages. Things you can delete instantaneous," Catone added."One of the things I find fascinating, there are young people, teenaged kids that are trafficking in pills," Catone said.
And since kids don’t like to show parents their phone, Catone says it’s important for parents to look for changes in their children's behavior, and to use the drug emoji chart as a way to start a conversation about drugs.
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