'Rainbow Fentanyl Candy' Scare Erupts Just in Time for Halloween

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'Rainbow Fentanyl Candy' Scare Erupts Just in Time for Halloween
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Almost as sure as fall brings out the Halloween decor and pumpkin spice in everything, it also brings scarelore about supposed dangers lurking in Halloween candy.

What Is Rainbow Fentanyl?stating that brightly colored fentanyl pills, dubbed “rainbow fentanyl” by the news media, had been seized by authorities in 18 states. The DEA warned that “this trend appears to be a new method used by drug cartels to sell highly addictive and potentially deadly fentanyl made to look like candy to children and young people.”

Francis further stated to Rolling Stone that the motive for selling drugs is profit, and that because children don’t typically have incomes, the idea of sneaking any drug into Halloween candy is “utterly divorced from reality.” One day later, on Sept. 20, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel responded to accusations by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, that Republicans employ fear tactics to win elections. McDaniel answered back that it’s Democratic legislators who scare voters with their policies. SheJust last month, 2,000 pounds of fentanyl came across our border. That could kill 500 million people. We’re coming into Halloween.

Nevertheless, parents and kids are advised to exercise due caution with their Halloween candy this year, or any year. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a “DEA Warns of Brightly-Colored Fentanyl Used to Target Young Americans.” DEA News Release, 30 August 2022, https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2022/08/30/dea-warns-brightly-colored-fentanyl-used-target-young-americans.

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