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Since arranging drug deals on the app, federal authorities are expected to investigate Snapchat's involvement in the fentanyl crisis. Drug dealers have flocked to the app due to its encryption system and its function that guarantees that messages are deleted, according to experts. But Snapchat's spokeswoman told DailyMail.com that the company's executives are continuing to refine their technology to keep customers away from heroin and cracking down on those who use the app to track drug sales.

According to the National Crime Prevention Council, Snapchat, which is most popular among 15-25 year olds, uses encrypted technology and its trademark disappearing messages, which both help drug dealers prevent arrest and prosecution. In the meantime, the Drug Enforcement Administration says it is looking at fentanyl messages on social media sites and warns that emoji code words are used for young buyers to discourage suspicion from their parents. Overdose deaths reached a high last year, with an average of one death every five minutes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the deaths of teenagers aged 10 to 19 increased by 109 percent between 2019 and 2021. A whopping 84 percent of them were concerned with fentanyl.