The DEA Introduced An Emoji Drug Decoder

Recall how, in the early 2000s, the media made a concerted effort to terrify parents by revealing to them the dark, perilous world of their children's texting? Major media outlets produced articles informing parents of the sinister significance of their children's texts on drug use and sex. It became out that every word a young person said could have been fatal. But after a while, that subsided, and we all moved on. Up until the same thing occurred, only this time it involved emojis.

For parents to learn what their child must obviously be addicted to based on emoji usage, the Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, actually created a "emoji drug decoder" handbook. The shocked expression indicates marijuana! Emoticon that has its tongue out. The shocked expression indicates marijuana! Cocaine is represented as the tongue-out emoji!

In 2021, the decoder was released. Its goal was to demonstrate to viewers how emojis may be used to the world of illicit drug consumption. There is no information on how many emoji dealers the DEA has apprehended, but they do assert that they have connected the two.