Colorado families sue Snapchat over fentanyl deaths

After losing her 18 year old daughter Lauren in 2020, Patty Lohan says it was time to get angry while suffering through her grief. And I feel like Snapchat knows what’s happening. They know this is going on and they’re not doing anything. She’s one of many parents whose children have died from drugs purchased on Snapchat that were laced with fentanyl. And it’s so scary and I don’t want any other parents to go through our families to go through this type of loss. So Patty and 34 other families have filed lawsuits against. Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat attorneys, argue that the app provides drug dealers with a never ending source of vulnerable customers that purposely obstructs parental supervision. Well, as parents, we don’t even know. These are just a few examples of what kids might find on Snapchat advertisements or drug menus promising weed, wax, vapes, and delivery. We think that they’re just posting fun little pictures and that’s it. The lawsuit alleges that Snapchat allows drug dealers to find nearby minors and young adults through the app. Within 24 hours, messages on the app disappear, erasing all evidence of a crime. I mean, I lost my daughter and. There’s no way. Supposedly for anyone to go after anybody that’s done anything through Snapchat that there’s no way to find them, it’s hard to believe. Patty says they should be celebrating Lauren’s 21st birthday on Saturday, but instead she’s fighting in court so hopefully other families don’t have to go through this. My daughter would want me to do this. Lauren, I’m sure is telling you right now, you got this, mom, you know, fight this. In the last five months, the social media Victims Law Center has filed lawsuits related to fentanyl poisoning and Snapchat for families across 15 states. Three of them are from Colorado, right here in Broomfield, Thornton and Centennial.