Strawberry Quick, Meth's Dangerous New Form

Luring New Addicts with Candy-Flavored Drugs

The following email has been hitting inboxes for several weeks now:

Drug Warning: Beware and Please Inform Your Children.

I have been alerted by one of our EMT's for our volunteer fire department that they have received emails from emergency responder organizations to be on the lookout for a new form of Crystal Meth that is targeted at children and to be aware of this new form

Strawberry Quick, Meth's Dangerous New Form

 if called to an emergency involving a child that may have symptoms of drug induction or overdose.

They are calling this new form of meth "Strawberry Quick" and it looks like Pop Rocks candy that sizzle in your mouth. In it's current form, it is dark pink in color and has a strawberry scent to it.

Please advise your children and their friends and other students not to accept candy from strangers as this is obviously an attempt to seduce children into drug use. They also need to be cautious accepting candy from even friends that may have received it from someone else, thinking it is just candy.

According to Snopes.com, the Urban-Legend busting website, there is absolute truth to this circulating email. Confirmed in 8 states already, flavored meth - available in such varieties as chocolate, peanut butter, fruit flavors, and soda flavors - is likely to spread throughout the nation as dealers seek new users. While the flavored additives can decrease the bitter taste of meth, Carson City, Nev., Undersheriff Steve Albertson has another explanation for these new versions of meth: "[drug dealers] spread the word that this meth, whatever color it is, is the best kind of meth there is."

Aside from setting themselves apart from other dealers, why else would someone want to sell flavored meth? Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman, Steve Robertson, has an idea. "Drug traffickers are trying to lure new customers, no matter what their age, by making meth seem less dangerous."