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researched this on About.com..It's true..I plan to talk to my kids today Netlore Archive: Email fliers warn of a new, candy-flavored form of methamphetamine targeted at young people called 'strawberry meth' or 'Strawberry Quick' Description: Email fliers Circulating since: March 2007 Status: True Analysis: See below Email example contributed by Madelynn, 30 April 2007: Subject: Strawberry Meth I have been alerted by one of our EMT's for our volunteer fire department that they have received emails from emergency responder organizations to be on the lookout for a new form of Crystalized Meth that is targeted at children and to be aware of this new form if called to an emergency involving a child that may have symptoms of drug induction or overdose. They are calling this new form of meth "Strawberry Quick" and it looks like the "Pop Rocks" candy that sizzle in your mouth. In it's current form, it is dark pink in color and has a strawberry scent to it. Please advise your children and their friends and other students not to accept candy from strangers as this is obviously an attempt to seduce children into drug use. They also need to be cautious in accepting candy from even friends that may have received it from someone else, thinking it is just candy. I don't want this email to scare anyone, but as a parent, coach, volunteer firefighter and friend, I thought it would be best to share this with you, so you can once again talk to your children about the effects of drugs and how easy it could be to take drugs without knowing it, until it is too late. I worry, just as each of you do about kids and drugs and all the problems our kids today are faced with. So please talk with your children about this newest threat to get children addicted to drugs! http://www.ky3.com/news/6626012.html Click above for a news article about this from just across the state line in Missouri.What typically is not in this part of the country is now not too far from us here in Northwest Arkansas. Take care, God Bless and I've said a prayer that none of our kids will ever be faced with taking or being addicted to drugs! Email example contributed by Bill C., 1 May 2007: Subject: Strawberry Meth FYI - New drug starting to turn up in Kansas. This stuff is starting to turn up in Kansas. I thought it may be a good idea to put out an email so that those with children can remind them not to take unpackaged candy from anyone in school and of course, those they don't know. Apparently, this meth is sweet and candy like, similar to pop rock crystals. The letter shows a picture of what is being recovered by agencies. This new form of the drug has a strawberry flavor and has a bright pink coloring. It is called 'strawberry quick' and is designed for the younger crowd. Comments: True. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, candy-flavored methamphetamine offered by drug dealers in the form of colorful crystals resembling Pop Rocks are currently being sold in western and midwestern states from California to Minnesota. The first reports of the existence of strawberry-flavored meth -- nicknamed "Strawberry Quick" -- were issued by the Nevada Department of Public Safety in January 2007 after samples were confiscated in a drug raid. Officials say methamphetamine sales have waned in recent years and believe the reformulation of crystal meth with strawberry and other sweet flavorings is an attempt by drug traffickers to make the bitter-tasting, highly addictive stimulant more attractive to potential teenage customers. As in previous warnings about illegal drugs that resemble candy, however, (see drug-laced lollipops and Blue Star LSD tatoos) the suggestion that flavored methamphetamines pose a direct threat to very young children is probably overblown. Sure, it's conceivable that strawberry meth could fall into the hands of a toddler who might mistake it for Pop Rocks and ingest it, but the far greater likelihood is that it will prove captivating -- and therefore dangerous -- to the very age group for which it is intended, teenagers.