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'Rainbow fentanyl'

by By Aubrey Whelan, The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
| October 28, 2022 5:09 PM

PHILADELPHIA — As Halloween approaches, the federal government has been warning parents of a spooky new danger: Drug cartels are using rainbow-colored pills and powders that look like candy to introduce children to highly addictive synthetic opioids. One taste could kill.

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