From urbanlegends.com:
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.
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.
