Candy-flavored meth and marijuana gumballs

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has joined forces with the Florida Association of School Resource Officers to warn parents and educators about an "alarming trend" of flavored drugs circulating around the country, luring younger children.

According to the press release:

Methamphetamine with added flavors was first noticed on the West Coast, but is rapidly making its way across the country. Flavors can include strawberry, chocolate, cola and others. The flavoring reduces the bitter taste of the drug and does not affect the potency of the drug. Children may mistake the drug for candy pop rocks.

"This a grave problem and shows to what lengths drug dealers will go," Robert Tricquet, president of the Florida Association of School Resource Officers, said in the release. "This is a direct attempt to reach out and attract a younger age group luring them into the drug culture. We must be ever vigilant with our children to protect them from these predators."

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