While most popular characters are harmless fun, other seemingly-innocent symbols have secret sinister meanings.

On September 16, 2020, 18-year-old Becca Schmill of Needham died from drug poisoning after ingesting fentanyl-laced cocaine she bought on Facebook.

Growing up, Needham teen Becca Schmill loved reading. She would often stay up past her bedtime reading a “Harry Potter” book with a flashlight. Her mother Deb Schmill says that changed when ...

Cocaine can be denoted by a snowflake ... while ketamine is denoted by a horse and magic mushrooms by the red mushroom emoji. Parents have been encouraged to learn the double meanings of emojis.

Some 60 symbols - from a snowflake meaning cocaine to kidney beans referring to an incel, an involuntary celibate - were included in the chart. The "emoji code" was produced by the education ...

In one example, where drug barons use a snowflake emoji to stand for cocaine, an advert has an image of traditional red buses on a Union Jack-decked Regent Street. Accompanying it are the words ...

Nooo!! Just nooo! Run Elizabeth,’ was among the many reactions to Cyrus’ shock announcement that he is dating the glamorous ...

The messages featured slang terms for drugs and the snowflake emoji, used to represent cocaine. The pair agreed to meet on 19 August, but when the 30-year-old arrived he was attacked by another ...