The old wives tale of this has been going on for years - why are the Republicans monopolizing on this and doubling down on this?

[legalboxers]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/rainbow-fentanyl-passed-halloween-why-100027029.html
Rainbow fentanyl passed out on Halloween? Why experts say that's 'absolutely ludicrous.'

A cautionary tale has developed a new twist this year, as an alarming opioid has become the latest drug feared to be lurking inside trick-or-treat hauls for Halloween.

It's been an annual tradition for people to raise concerns of drugs like marijuana edibles or dangerous objects such as needles to be inside candy for the holiday. But this time around has been different, at least to Joel Best, a sociology and criminal justice professor at the University of Delaware who has spent decades studying the scare of tainted Halloween treats.

"This year has been especially unusual because you have prominent people pointing to a particular danger, which, of course, is the danger of rainbow fentanyl," Best told USA TODAY. "This has been very strange."

Best, who spends every year speaking with the media about Halloween drug hoaxes, said he normally gets interview requests about two weeks before the holiday, but this year he got requests in early September.

Rainbow fentanyl has become the latest concern for some Americans since the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration put out a PSA on Aug. 30, warning the colorful opioid is "made to look like candy to children and young people."

Best added that panic ensued when chair of the Republican National Committee Ronna McDaniel said in a September Fox News interview that parents are worried about whether rainbow fentanyl pills are going to be in Halloween baskets. It wasn't long after that Senate Republicans put out a PSA about the drug and Halloween.

[DryGermanGuy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_danger

Quote:
„Effects on children and families

The notion of "stranger danger" has been criticized for positioning children as passive objects of potential threat which allows adults to justify their means of controlling or isolating children. Gill Valentine argues that producing misleading or exaggerated messages about "stranger danger" results in the notion that public spaces are naturally adult spaces where children must be constantly protected.

Exaggerated fears of "stranger danger" have caused many parents to limit children's ability to be physically active, such as by exploring their neighborhood unsupervised; for example, fewer parents allow children to walk to school alone than in the past. This increased tendency to keep children indoors has resulted in an alleged nature deficit disorder in children.“

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Republicans of course would have to say this has been happening for years with Rainbow fentanyl it's all lies with the Republicans now people got watch where kids go Trick or Treating

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thanks for MHO :)

[purplepoppy]

Given drugs aren't cheap I can't see people giving them away free to kids. I wonder if it's the word Rainbow that's got the far right upset.

[pizzalovershouse]

Yah best to just have Halloween parties so kids will be okay safe