News Is 'rainbow fentanyl' a threat to your kids this Halloween? Experts say no

[thegreenhand]

Is 'rainbow fentanyl' a threat to your kids this Halloween? Experts say no​

Brian Mann
NPR
11 Oct 2022

Excerpt:

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been raising a terrifying alarm in recent weeks. According to the DEA, bright-colored fentanyl pills designed to hook children have been spotted in nearly two dozen states.

The DEA says they identified a deliberate new marketing scheme by Mexican cartels and street dealers who want the pills to "look like candy to children and young people."

"It looks like candy," DEA Administrator Anne Milgram told NBC News. "In fact, some of the drug traffickers have nicknamed it Sweet Tarts, Skittles."

The DEA alert didn't mention Halloween, but fears about "rainbow" fentanyl and the holiday went viral.

Drug policy experts contacted by NPR agree there's no new fentanyl threat this Halloween. Many are also skeptical of the DEA's original warning. They don't believe Mexican drug cartels and street dealers have launched any new campaign targeting children.

"I don't see any evidence that the DEA has produced that supports that conjecture," said Nabarun Dasgupta, a researcher studying illegal drugs at the University of North Carolina.

 

[AbbeyLee]

Am I a horrible person for seeing the thread title and thinking it was a bit funny?

 

[thegreenhand]

Am I a horrible person for seeing the thread title and thinking it was a bit funny?

nah it's pretty comical lol