Scanner reader Lauren forwarded us an email, one of those endlessly forwarded emails that usually come from our mom and/or parents we know. This email concerned what is, legitimately, a frightening trend: crystal meth disguised as children’s candy. Geez, people, what ever happened to an old-fashioned apple with a razor blade? Here is an excerpt from the email, which is (by the way) so totally [SIC]:
A very scary thing is going on in the schools right. There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry pop rocks. It smells like strawberry also and it is being handed out to kids in school yards in AR… It also comes in chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, grape and orange. It looks just like pop rocks.
Pop rocks?!? Now that is scary stuff. Do not drink that crystal meth with Coca-Cola, because your mouth will explode. Remember what happened to Mikey?