Snapchat
is ramping up its exertions to combat illicit drug deals on its app. Parent company Snap on Tuesday shared an update throughout its latest efforts to stop the push of narcotics on the platform with a greater focus on teens. 

Among the progresses, Snapchat is updating its Quick Add suggestion feature to slice interactions between kids and strangers. “In order to be discoverable in Quick Add by someone else, users notion 18 will need to have a certain number of friends in accepted with that person,” the company said in a blog post. Previously, the app would recommend possible friends based on mutual connections, regardless of whether you know the person in real life.

Additionally, the company is working on new parental tools that will roll out in the upcoming months, enabling parents to monitor some of their teens’ message habits. 

Last October, the app faced backlash following an NBC News report that gazed the deaths of teens and young adults who were suspected of buying fentanyl-laced drugs above Snapchat. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine and can be deadly even in exiguous quantities. Synthetic opioids are currently the main driver of drug overdose deaths in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Snapchat has also partnered with certain nonprofit agencies for its Heads Up portal to pronounce anti-drug use resources. Two new additions to the portal included the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and the Truth Initiative, which focuses on preventing nicotine use. 

The social believe company also said it has measures in place to identify drug slang and cheerful on the app, and is working with law enforcement to narrate potential cases and to comply with information requests. Snapchat said that it’s committed to help in the disputes against the illegal online drug trade.