• Dr. Laura Berman, 51, lost her son Sammy in February after he connected with a drug dealer on Snapchat and bought Xanax laced with fentanyl  
• The relationship expert has been using her platform to raise awareness for teen drug use by sharing guides to help parents decipher their kids’ coded messages 
• On Tuesday, she posted a compilation of drug-related slang words kids use to talk about everything from cocaine to methamphetamines
• According to the list, ‘school bus’ stands for a two-milligram Xanax bar while ‘dabbing’ is a term used to describe the inhalation of vaporized cannabis oil 
• The grieving mom also recently shared a chart listing the emojis teens use to talk about drugs, including a snowflake for cocaine and a pill for heroin.

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Jan Edwards, Founder and CEO of Paving the Way, joins Warrior Wednesday today from 3-4PM EST. Learn how Jan is disrupting child sex trafficking through education and training. You won’t want to miss. This is for all kids, parents and trusted adults. We’ll discuss how to communicate about the tough subjects of human trafficking and sexual exploitation and you’ll be given resources and safety tips to follow.

Learn more. Lynn’s Warriors 1460AMNY, WVOX App, WVOX.com

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New York State, listen up and listen good.

What? Brothels? Red-light district in NYC? Sex as a career choice for our kids and young adults?

And it could all be legal in the near future.

Find out what you need to do and support the Equality Model now!

Join us in beautiful Dutchess County New York on Saturday, September 11, 2021! Time TBA. 

Lynn’s Warriors and Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue present “Digital Safety Day on the Farm.” Learn how to keep your children and young adults safe in our 24/7 online world. Food, music, petting zoo, safety classes, raffle, fun activities and much more to be announced. Stay tuned.

Just days away from a myriad of New York City elections, few are discussing a critical issue that has significant implications for our city: the sex trade. We need to hear whether our candidates want to shrink it and ensure that those attempting to exit it have meaningful access to services and strategies, thereby reducing harm to vulnerable and marginalized New Yorkers, or intend to let pimping, brothel-keeping and sex-buying expand in ways that will lead to exploitation, sex tourism and a predatory commercial sex industry throughout our five boroughs.

Excellent analysis by Rachel Foster. 

MONTREAL — Pornhub’s Instagram account was removed from the platform on June 16 after a post was reported by a user for “nudity or sexual activity,” only to be reinstated the following morning.

The user was sent a notification from Instagram saying it was removing the Pornhub account because of a violation of “community guidelines.” The contents of the reported post are unconfirmed at this time.

News of the pornography giant’s deplatforming was shared via Twitter by anti-trafficking advocate Laila Mickelwait, founder of Traffickinghub, a group dedicated to exposing sexual exploitation on Pornhub.

Millions of young children and teenagers are on social media, but it’s not all fun and games. It can be deadly serious if users are not careful, experts say.

Predators have mastered the art of disguising themselves and luring children into their web, activists say, and sites such as Instagram and TikTok are popular hunting grounds.

Sarah Cooper would know: She was groomed online and abducted by someone she thought she knew.

Lynn Shaw, a producer and public relations specialist, also realized how vulnerable children were during the height of the pandemic. After representing an author who wrote about the trauma of abuse, Shaw said she began researching human trafficking. She then established “Lynn’s Warriors” last fall to help parents stay vigilant.

“You have to be committed as that parent, as the trusted adult, to put these filters on your child’s devices. It takes a lot of work and a lot of energy,” Shaw said. “We’ve got to beat the predators, and they’re winning right now. It’s up to us to be a warrior for our own children.”

Shaw warns parents about the threats predators make.

“The number one threat we see once a child has sent these sexually explicit images is, ‘If you don’t do more, I’m going to tell your parents,’” she said. “And that is what causes children to go down this slippery slope.”

Manila Chan is a news anchor at RT America. She is the host of the daily breaking news program, In Question. A seasoned reporter in print, radio and television – the Los Angeles native now resides in Washington DC metro with her husband and son. Manila has been one of few in the news industry to support my work with human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Manila always covers breaking stories, raises awareness and educates the public about all forms of human trafficking. She is a “Truth Warrior”. Hear our interview here.