Reports of 'rainbow fentanyl' are growing nationwide, and law enforcement suggests the colorful, candy-looking opioid could target young people. Other experts say the colors are mostly likely added to distinguish products.
in light of reports of rainbow fentanyl in California. "Yet we find this rainbow-colored substance is one of the many tools that dealers are using to make the poison appeal to our kids."
"Some of the multi-colored pills that we’ve been testing in our labs recently, particularly a recent batch that appeared to be children’s chewable vitamins, were tested by our lab as containing both fentanyl and methamphetamine," Lofland, adding that the DEA's D.C. Division has also found animal tranquilizers in some pills. "And so that is just an added layer of danger."
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