I have heard these very same warnings since I was a child, and the fact is, most of them are a myth. The whole thing about pushers trying to get kids on drugs; most dealers just do not want the trouble. Unless you live in a real serious ghetto, you have very little risk of being offered drugs. This propaganda has been around for a long time, but most dealers are concerned about getting busted. Little kids going home screwed up on drugs is going to get the kind of attention dealers do not need. How do I know? Because over 20 years ago I was a meth dealer, and I have known many dealers in my lifetime. Quite often children get drugs from their friends, who have either stolen them from their parents, or raided the medicine cabinet. Young dealers do exist, but they are getting drugs from an older sibling, friend, or relative. Children using drugs almost never starts with a stranger, but someone they know. I am in no way supporting the use of methamphetamines, but want to assure people this is not something they should stress over.

Dear ShadowMyth.

Thank you for your educated assessment of the situation. I am always glad for such input, as I like many, usually have a slanted perspective regarding the issues we discuss.

Have a good day.
Jackie

agreeing along the lines with Shadowmyth,
these tales of the evil drug-pusher handing out lollies to unsuspecting children are completely bunk.

not just that drug dealers do not want to waste the time, or go through the hassle addicting children, but as hard as it is to believe, (i would say most, but given i do not know “most” of the drug dealers on earth, i will not state that) not all drug dealers are horrible monsters that wish to push ill fate upon young children as a means to stablize their own income.(or even against adults, drug supply exists because of demand-wich on another notes is why the “war on drugs” should instead be the “war on addiction”)

aside from that & most importantly (since this part relys purely on factual knowledge, not just opinion of the intentions of drug dealers):

when you hear of drugs being mixed up in foodstuffs such as brownies, suckers, & chocolates, this is not to attract young would-be users, or to fool children or anyone else into consuming them.
there are several reasons for someone procesing illegal substances in this manner.

TRANSPORTATION is a good example (i have seen powder cocaine smuggled through hollow lollipops)
The reasons i am most familiar with and feel i can confidently say are the predominant reasons for drugs being incorporated into food form, are for
EDIBILITY (people may dip dried hallucinogenic mushroom caps in chocolate or penut butter to make them a little more pleasant to ingest.)
substances such as liquid LSD need to be dropped upon a vehicle (usually paper) for individual dose distribution. sometimes the paper is substituted for other edible items such as sugar cubes, lollipops, or candies)
and
JUST PURE NOVELTY
marijuana lollipops, brownies, rice-crispie treats, and other desserts are produced solely for the entertainment of existing users, not to trick or entice anyone.(also would apply to any flavored meth-though i have not personally come into contact with and have no knowledge of if it does infact exist on anysort of widespread level)

although, it is easy to imagine a case where a young child could unknowingly ingest such products mistakingly left in reach,
it is the responsibility of any user to keep his/her goodies in any form away from and out of the reach of children, this applies as well to brownies, lollipops, etc.

if anything happens to a child from such a product its from the neglect of the person posessing those products, not their producers, and is comparable to a situation in wich a young child finds, and consumes alchohol or perscription medicine left within their reach - you would not blame the pharmecutical company, they manufacture those products for adults who are aware of what they are consuming.

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