Halloween Candy Caution

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Halloween Candy: People are discussing why they’re doing this, but the important thing to know is that fentanyl is becoming more common in illegal drugs. Fentanyl is super strong, especially for folks who don’t use opioids regularly. Taking even one of these pills can be really dangerous.

Rainbow Fentanyl

The recent news tells us that it’s really important for parents and schools to talk to young people about these dangerous fake pills. These pills can look like real medicine, with colours and numbers on them, but they’re not safe at all.

Read the government notification, here

Bad people make them look like real drugs like OxyContin, Percocet, Xanax, and Adderall. But the only safe medicines are the ones your doctor prescribes, and you get from a pharmacy.

The different colours and packaging we see in the news are probably not meant to trick kids but to make the drugs look special. People have been colouring illegal drugs for a while now.

From: WBNS 10TV

These bright colours might mean that the pill is fake and has fentanyl, which is dangerous. Real medicines don’t usually have these bright colours.

Kids might think these pills look like candy, so if you have kids at home, keep all medicines, whether prescription or illegal, safe and away from them.

Fact or fiction: Are reports of fentanyl in Halloween candy true

Halloween is coming soon, and there are rumours about kids getting a very strong drug called fentanyl candy in their candy bags along with their Kit Kat bars and Skittles.

But experts say parents should worry more about other dangers.

Fentanyl is very powerful and can be deadly. It’s found in many places, not just on Halloween.

“It’s said to be 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin. It’s really dangerous,” says Alexis Little, who works with toxic substances at Any Lab Test Now. “Just a tiny amount, about two milligrams, can be deadly, depending on how big you are and if you’ve used drugs before.”

Rainbow fentanyl candy is just the latest Halloween panic

Among all the scary stories connected to Halloween, one that keeps coming up is the idea of someone putting dangerous things in kids’ candy. People think that because children really love candy, and some bad people might want to harm them, they could put dangerous stuff like razor blades, poison, pins, or drugs in the treats.

In 2022, a new version of this story is about “rainbow” fentanyl candy. Fentanyl is a drug meant to help with very strong pain, but when used incorrectly, it can be deadly. In August, the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) said that this colourful fentanyl, which sounds kind of fun but is actually very dangerous, is being spread on purpose by drug dealers to get kids and young adults addicted to it.

Some states like Florida and West Virginia have already warned parents about the risk of kids getting this colourful fentanyl, sometimes disguised as candies like Skittles. Even Senate Republicans made a public service announcement to tell people about the danger. A few news outlets are also keeping a close eye on this story.

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