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DUNWOODY, Ga. (CBS46) — A recent post on a Dunwoody Facebook forum got the community’s attention with details about kids as young as 12 buying edible drugs through Snapchat.Dunwoody police said they are aware.“These apps sometimes offer a little bit more anonymity to people. They’re able to create fake profiles,” said Sgt. Robert Parsons of the Dunwoody Police Department. “Right now, our detectives are currently investigating it to try and find out what’s exactly going on.” The post mentioned a specific user and a pickup location at a gas station near Dunwoody Village.Parents in the area not surprised.“If you’d asked me maybe 15 years ago, 16 years ago, probably,” said Catlin Irvin, a mother of three, “but now with the access they have on their phones to people, everything, everybody, nothing shocks me anymore.”Parents warned the edible drugs are being packaged to look like regular candy or snacks.Police say the apps can create a dangerous space.“Buying drugs in general is a very risky proposition, especially anonymously, through apps like this. In this day and age a lot of things are being mixed with the likes of fentanyl, carfentanyl, other things,” Sgt. Parsons said.The issue is a problem metro-wide.Two Milton High School basketball…
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