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TikTok Profits Off Drug Dealer Ads For Cocaine, Opioids And Xanax

Summary by Forbes
The Chinese-owned social network has been flooded with advertisements pushing street drugs and prescription pills like codeine, benzos and Adderall.

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Forbes's research is compelling: TikTok has profited from drug ads, including cocaine, opioids and Xanax. It is not an X-bule or a clip taken out of context.The social network itself charged for each of those ads.What Forbes has found in TikTok In July, TikTok published an ad that any drug agent would have filed as evidence.A hand waved a bottle of white pills while it sounded 'Is It a Crime?' from Sade. The pills carried the code of a prescript…

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Forbes broke the news in Jersey City, United States on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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