OWN Star Dr. Laura Berman Warns Parents After 16-Year-Old Son Buys Drugs On Snapchat & Dies Of Overdose
OWN host and therapist Dr. Laura Berman has revealed that her 16-year-old son, Samuel, has died of an apparent drug overdose from narcotics bought on Snapchat.
Berman, who is a relationship therapist and host of ‘In the Bedroom With Dr. Laura Berman‘ on the Oprah Winfrey Network, announced on Monday (Feb. 8), that her son overdosed in his bedroom on Xanax laced with fentanyl, items he bought from a drug dealer he connected with on Snapchat.
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Taking to Instagram, Dr. Berman writes, “My beautiful boy is gone. 16 years old. Sheltering at home. A drug dealer connected with him on Snapchat and gave him fentinyl laced Xanax and he overdosed in his room. They do this because it hooks people even more and is good for business but I causes overdose and the kids don’t know what they are taking. My heart is completely shattered and I am not sure how to keep breathing. I post this now only so that not one more kid dies. We watched him so closely. Straight A student. Getting ready for college. Experimentation gone bad. He got the drugs delivered to the house. Please watch your kids and WATCH SNAPCHAT especially. That’s how they get them.” Snapchat has since responded to the incident, claiming they are “heartbroken” and are committed to working with law enforcement to investigate Samuel’s death.
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They wholly say, “We have zero tolerance for using Snapchat to buy or sell illegal drugs. Using Snapchat for illegal purposes is firmly against our community guidelines and we enforce against these violations. We are constantly improving our technological capabilities to detect drug-related activity so that we can intervene proactively. We have no higher priority than keeping Snapchat a safe environment and we will continue to invest in protecting our community.”
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