Heartbroken Parent Calls for Social Media Regulations to Combat Drug Sales to Youth

‘Social media is solving the last-mile problem for the drug dealers,’ parent Samuel Chapman said.

A teenager looks at a phone in London on Jan. 17, 2023. Leon Neal/Getty Images

Parents often believe that home is the safest place for their children, but with the rise of social media, that may no longer be the case.

Samuel Chapman and Laura Berman lost their 16-year-old son, Sammy, in 2021 after he overdosed on a fentanyl-laced pill from a dealer he allegedly connected with on Snapchat.