Recently, the Drug Enforcement Administration has been warning parents about brightly colored fentanyl pills that they say are designed to entice children into addiction. But drug policy experts say that is inaccurate, and obscures real dangers around fentanyl and the contamination of the drug supply.
October 28, 2022
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'Rainbow fentanyl'
Drug panic obscures real dangers of contaminated drug supply, experts say
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. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s press releases in recent months have warned that drug dealers are using the pills’ appealing bright colors to entice children and young adults into addiction. A slew of news outlets and national legislators have seized on the idea, with some advising parents to check their children’s Halloween candy, just in case...