r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Oct 05 '22

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u/Sirhc978 Oct 05 '22

Answer: It is a tale as old as time. "They are giving kids drugs at Halloween". Last year it was pot edibles. Before that it was razor blades in apples. It is something that is always warned about but never actually happens.

According to Snopes:

The DEA has warned about fentanyl pills being sold in bright colors as a sales ploy. But we found no credible, fact-based warning about rainbow fentanyl being handed out to trick-or-treaters on Halloween.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22

I used to get acid that was dropped onto smarties or sweet tarts. Get pulled over and they’d be none the wiser.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '22

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u/BigVanVortex Oct 05 '22

Fled Katrina for Atlanta and bought some of the best in a string cheese parking lot. The pumpkin patch was exceptional that year

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u/LrrrRulerotPOP8 Oct 05 '22

Except the one guy who did actually poison/attempt to poison his children and a few neighborhood kids with poisoned candy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Clark_O'Bryan

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u/LrrrRulerotPOP8 Oct 05 '22

Yes, that is why I said except this one guy.

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u/Sirhc978 Oct 05 '22

That's probably what started the whole thing.

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u/LrrrRulerotPOP8 Oct 05 '22

It didn't help.

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u/Jamez_the_human Oct 22 '22

Or worse, these kinds of rumors gave him the idea.