FEARS that drug dealers in the US are targeting trick or treaters as future clients this Halloween are wide of the mark, a North Carolina pharmacist, Dr Catherine Lewis Wente, says.
Speaking to WRAL News, Lewis Wente, dismissed reports that drug traffickers are planning to drive addiction by handing out "rainbow fentanyl" to kids who knock on their doors as part of the ghoulish festival.
While dispensing product samples has long been a traditional marketing strategy, Lewis Wente, suggested that giving fentanyl-laced lollies to kids was unlikely to generate new customers for dealers, adding the drug "isn't cheap".
Despite the low risk of drug-laced snacks, trick or treaters are advised to stay local this Halloween.
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