Amazing - only in a bad way. This blog is intended to inform you about amazing products for moms and tots, however I think this is alarming enough it needs to be shared... as if we parents don't have enough to worry about...
Drug dealers are now making a type of crystal meth that looks like strawberry poprocks. It was only a matter of time.
I will start off by saying I have no first hand knowledge of this being true, but I did check it out and found some very recent credible sources on cbsnews.com, usatoday.com, msnbc.com (scroll down), snopes.com, and more. If you google "strawberry meth candy" you will find a ton of reports. Below is only a small part of the snope.com report. Click the above link for the full report.
From Snopes.com:
"According to the intelligence gathered by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
agents from informants, users, local police, and drug counselors, flavored meth
is available in California, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Texas, New Mexico,
Missouri, and Minnesota. Says DEA spokesman, Steve Robertson, 'Drug
traffickers are trying to lure in new customers, no matter what their age, by
making the meth seem less dangerous.' In addition to the strawberry,
crystal meth also comes in chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, and orange
versions."
As always, remind your children never to accept candy or "candy" from someone they don't know. Please spread the word.
