New Drug Market?

     All kinds of media have been reporting colored candies are being spread around to get kids to take Fentanyl.

WHAT?

    Dealers want to sell to kids?...who generally don't have much cash on them anyway? And at the same time, dealers give the drug away by disguising it to look like sidewalk chalk that kids will pick up and absorb through skin contact.

HUH?

TIME magazine:

"...the DEA hasn’t revealed evidence that the colors are intended specifically to attract children. Fentanyl has come in colors for years, and some research has found that color is one of the ways drug users identify illicit drugs’ potency. “It’s actually keeping them safe, because they know what they’re getting for each color,” says Jon E. Zibbell, a senior public health analyst at RTI International, a nonprofit research institute promoting science-based solutions for public-health issues..."

The allegations don't make much sense, but that hasn't stopped the media from picking up on the stories, using scary headlines like this:

Police warn new, brightly colored Fentanyl targeted at children

STOP!

There are enough dangers in the world for children without adding obscure but scary information for parents to worry about!

Did they get tired of airing stories about razor blades in Halloween candy?