THE TIMELINE WHEN AN EVEN
STRONGER AND COLDER FRONT WILL
RETURN AND JUST HOW COLD THAT
WILL MAKE THINGS.> LOCAL
CHANGES WITH SOCIAL MEDIA --
TEENS ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO
BUY AND SELL DRUGS.
ONE PAIR OPENS UP ABOUT HOW HE
DISCOVERED WHAT WAS GOING ON ON
SNAPCHAT.
KATIE HIGGINS JOINS US NOW WITH
WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW.
Reporter: SNAPCHAT IS A
PHOTO SHARING AND MESSAGING
APP.
THE CATCHES, A LOT OF THOSE
MESSAGES AND PHOTOS DISAPPEAR
AFTER 24 HOURS.
TEENSY TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY
SHARE PHOTOS LIKE THIS, THEY
CAN STICK AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME. I SAW PICTURES AND
DIDN'T BELIEVE IT AT FIRST BUT
IT WAS PROOF.
Reporter: THIS PARENT HAS
KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL SO HE DID
NOT WANT TO BE ON CAMERA.
HE DOES WANT TO WARN OTHER
PARENTS THAT SOME TEENS ARE
USING SNAPCHAT AS A WAY TO SELL
AND BUY DRUGS. A LOT OF THEM
DON'T KNOW HAVE IT -- DON'T
KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
Reporter: ONE OF HIS CHILD'S
FRIENDS CALLED HIM TO EXPRESS
CONCERN THAT HIS CHILD THIS
CHILD'S FRIENDS WERE SELLING
DRUGS ON THE APP.
HE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND
PICTURE AFTER PICTURE AFTER
PICTURE OF WEED, XANAX, MONEY
AND EVEN GUNS. IS TERRIFYING.
Reporter: WITH MESSAGES LIKE
HIT ME UP AND PERSONAL
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BUYING
MUSHROOMS AND WEED. IT'S
AMAZING HOW THEY CAN GO OUT
THERE AND SELL MASS QUANTITIES
OF DRUGS.
Reporter: HE IS WARNED OTHER
PARENTS.
THEY WERE APPALLED.
Reporter: AND HE TURNED THE
PHOTOS OVER TO POLICE.
OFFICER SAY THAT NOT ONLY IS
SELLING DRUGS TO CLIMB
REGARDLESS OF AGE BUT USING THE
PHONE TO DO SO IS ANOTHER
FELONY CHARGE.
THEY SAY THAT NOW THEY ARE
LOOKING INTO THIS. Reporter:
--
THEY THINK THEY ARE
BULLETPROOF AND THERE'S NO WAY
PEOPLE WILL SEE WHAT IS GOING
ON.
Reporter: SNAPCHAT DOES HAVE
POLICY AND PROCEDURE REGARDING
POSTS LIKE THIS.
