As a teen, peer pressure is difficult to stand up to. If it wasn\u2019t hard enough to face already, today\u2019s teens have even more pressure\u2014right at their fingertips. These days, influence is everywhere, or at least, when it comes to social media and teen drug use.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Your teen could be sitting at home, enjoying a sober night with friends when they or one of their friends check Snapchat or Instagram, and instantly, they\u2019re met with a video of their other friends doing drugs, drinking, or blowing smoke at the camera.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Because these social platforms are instant, in-the-moment photo and video sharing platforms, when your teen sees this, they have the choice to locate their friends (down to the exact house they\u2019re in) and join them. Social media and teen drug use are closely related. Let’s take a deeper look.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Social Media and Teen Drug Use: Snapchat<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Teens can find their friends\u2019 location easily on Snapchat\u2019s Snap Map whenever they open the app. They can also use Snapchat\u2019s \u201cQuick Add\u201d feature to easily add a friend that a lot of their friends have in common. This makes it easy to add a drug dealer and request drugs in a message, sometimes as simple as texting a \u201cmaple leaf emoji,\u201d used as code for marijuana.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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