What to tell your kids, as the Drug Enforcement Administration warns the amount of deadly fentanyl seized in the region is up more than 40 percent from a year ago.
"I constantly and consistently have conversations with my 15 year old son about this," says Colin Dickey, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the DEA in St. Louis, says tell your kids that the fake prescription pills---or tablets looking like Skittles or Sweet Tarts--that are being marketed to them on Snap Chat and other social media could kill them. "Have those conversations with your loved ones and don't be putting anything in your body that you even remotely think could be a deadly substance."
Related
Dickey says the drug cartels are targeting young people across the country as customers on social media, and they can order it delivered to your front door by FedEX, UPS or US postal service envelope.
Follow KMOX | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Listen on the free Audacy app.
Tell your smart speaker to play K M O X