The latest USAian panic is over the risk to children from a multi-colored version of the synthetic opioid, described by the DEA as “a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults.”
Republican states, notably Florida and West Virginia, have already issued warnings to parents about the danger that colourful fentanyl supposedly poses to children. Several Senate Republicans have even put out a PSA warning about the danger and a few media outlets (the usual suspects) relentlessly pushing the story.The
If course it's rehashed bollocks. The only confirmed case of a child being fatally poisoned by deliberately laced 'candy' was almost fifty years ago and that was, as usual in child murders, a family member, not a random, homicidal, stranger; the boy's father murdered him for an insurance payout.
So moral panic mixed with electioneering and fentanyl nonsense.:rolleyes:
BTW the real Halloween risks to kids are road accidents and family members.
Republican states, notably Florida and West Virginia, have already issued warnings to parents about the danger that colourful fentanyl supposedly poses to children. Several Senate Republicans have even put out a PSA warning about the danger and a few media outlets (the usual suspects) relentlessly pushing the story.The
If course it's rehashed bollocks. The only confirmed case of a child being fatally poisoned by deliberately laced 'candy' was almost fifty years ago and that was, as usual in child murders, a family member, not a random, homicidal, stranger; the boy's father murdered him for an insurance payout.
So moral panic mixed with electioneering and fentanyl nonsense.:rolleyes:
BTW the real Halloween risks to kids are road accidents and family members.
via International Skeptics Forum https://ift.tt/mtSgUdb
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