I got this in an e-mail earlier this week and it is really distrubing, I thought I would
share this with each of you, because you can never be too careful this day and time!!!
Hope nobody ever sees this!!
CRYSTAL METH----VERY IMPORTANT
IT IS SCARY FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN.
The Ugliest Drug Marketing Scheme Ever
SEND THIS TO AS MANY PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS
and PEOPLE WHO KNOW PARENTS AS YOU CAN.
Children's Meth
Checked this on Snopes. It is true.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/drugs/candymeth.asp
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-25-flavored-meth _N.htm
A very scary thing is going on in the schools right.
There is a type of crystal meth going around that
looks like strawberry pop rocks. It smells like
strawberry also and it is being handed out to kids
in school yards in AR.
I'm sure it will make its way around the country.
Kids are ingesting this thinking it is candy and being
rushed off to the ER in dire condition.
It also comes in chocolate, peanut butter, cola,
cherry, grape and orange. It looks just like pop
rocks.
Please instruct children to not accept candy that looks
like this even from a friend and to take any that they
may have to a teacher, principal, etc.
Pass this around it could save some family a lot of
heartache!
They call it strawberry meth or strawberry quick.
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'Strawberry Quick' Meth-Truth!
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Summary of the eRumor:
The eRumor warns of a new form of delivering illegal methamphetamine to children
by making it into a strawberry flavored crystal or powder.
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The Truth:
The eRumor is true and only the latest form in which methamphetamine has been
mixed with sweet substances.
An Associated Press story published in newspapers across the U.S. on May 1,
2007 focused on discoveries of what appeared to be a strawberry-flavored children's
drink at the scene of an illegal meth lab. It has come to be known as 'Strawberry
Quick.' It has no connection with the popular Nestle QUIK flavored milk products
now renamed Nestle Nesquik. Chris Harrison, a chemist at the Arkansas State
Crime Laboratory, says that meth is bitter to the makers try to take that edge off
any way they can and have used lollipops, sodas, candy, and anything else they
can to make it easier for first-time users. The article said that the 'Strawberry
Quick' angle came to light in January when the Nevada Department of Public
Safety issued a warning about it.
The Strawberry meth has been reported in several states including Missouri,
Washington State, Wisconsin, and Texas, Nevada, and California.
Because of the sweet taste and candy-like appearance there is concern about
children coming into contact with it but experts say its not been made that way
just for the purpose of introducing it to children. Giving it a sweet taste and a
harmless-sounding name is a marketing technique to ease it into the hands of
any potential victim.
According to a release from California Senator Dianne Feinstein she has joined
with Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa to sponsor a bill in congress that would
make it a federal crime to appeal to children with candy-flavored meth or other
drugs. Feinstein said that substances like 'Strawberry Quick' are '...designed
to get people to try it a few times. It's all about hooking young people, and we
have to stop this practice before it grows any further.'
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A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:
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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.
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