Strawberry Quik meth
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Strawberry quick meth is a drug scare from 2007. Drug dealers were allegedly using coloring and flavoring to disguise methamphetamines as Strawberry Quik, thus making them more appealing to children. The story was widely reported in the media, but no cases of children using flavored meth have been verified.
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[edit] Drug scare
Fox News reported that drug dealers were using pop rocks to disguise the taste of meth and market it to children.[1]
Emails began to circulate, claiming that meth was being disguised as candy and given to unsuspecting children. Snopes has reported that while colored crystal meth exists, and flavored meth may exist, there is no evidence of it being given to children.[2] It is notable to point out that drug dealers seek out clients with a regular source of income, which precludes many children.[citation needed]
In 2008, the BBC reported that police in Oxfordshire, England, had warned over 80 schools of the risk of Strawberry meth, before considering it a hoax.[3]
[edit] Existence of colored or flavored meth
Sometimes meth labs will try to brand their crystal meth product by coloring it in order to make it seem unique and to give it more market appeal.[4] Police and drug enforcement officials have conjectured that the idea for "strawberry meth" may have come from such a process.
Law enforcement and treatment providers in Nevada and California have reported the distribution and/or use of flavored methamphetamine.[5][6]
Strawberry flavored meth was seized in an apartment in Carson City, Nevada in January 2007.[7]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Arkansas Police Say Dealers Using Strawberry Quick-Flavored Methamphetamine to Hook New Users - FOXNews.com
- ^ Snopes report
- ^ BBC report into police informing schools in Oxfordshire
- ^ DEA: Flavored meth use on the rise - USATODAY.com
- ^ Strategic Findings - National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment 2008 (UNCLASSIFIED)
- ^ DEA Web Site
- ^ Strawberry meth seized in search | NevadaAppeal.com
[edit] External links
- News report from WFAA-TV channel 8 in Dallas, Texas
- Another news report from channel 8[dead link]
- DEA: Flavored meth use on the rise
- Arkansas Police Say Dealers Using Strawberry Quick-Flavored Methamphetamine to Hook New Users
- Strawberry meth seized in search
- Strawberry Meth/Lander County Schools in KS/DEA Update
