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New fear for parents: candy-flavored meth.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-JUL-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: New fear for parents: candy-flavored meth.(Crime)(The highly addictive drug crystals have turned up locally in a form thought to be intended to entice inexperienced users)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard

The fruity flavoring of strawberry, grape and watermelon are perennial favorites in countless sugary delights.

And now, those kid-friendly tastes are turning up in another product: methamphetamine.

Reports of strawberry and other candy-flavored meth have surfaced in Lane County, reflecting national accounts of the drug's use, causing concern for some local police and substance abuse experts who say the target market could be children.

Sheriff's deputies have discovered the flavored crystals twice, most recently during a drug bust this month in Springfield.

There was no evidence that dealers were marketing it to children, sheriff's Sgt. Clint Riley said.

"It's something...

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