Although many law enforcement officials have warned fentanyl may be inside Halloween candy, sociologists, toxicologists and emergency room doctors interviewed by ABC News have pushed back strongly against that narrative.
Last week, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department added to growing concerns when it announced it had seized"approximately 12,000 suspected fentanyl pills" enclosed in what looked to be popular candy boxes and packages, including those branded with Hershey's Whoppers, Ferrara Candy Company's SweeTarts, and Mars' Skittles logos.
Dr. Ryan Marino, also a medical toxicologist and an addiction and emergency physician in Cleveland, Ohio, agreed. Joel Best, a sociology and criminal justice professor at the University of Delaware has studied Halloween candy cases for years and also says he has not found any research to suggest that drugs like fentanyl in Halloween candy are a valid concern.
"This year, we have fentanyl, and the street price of fentanyl is vastly higher. And exactly why would you give a lethal opioid to an elementary school child?" Best continued."You know, there's an excellent chance that you'd kill him. And if the child lived and let's say after one experience was an addict, what are you going to do, take his lunch money? I mean, you know, this just doesn't make any sense.
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