The legislation I've proposed would increase the federal criminal penalties for anyone who markets candy-flavored drugs to our youth by imposing on them the same enhanced penalties applied to the dealers who distribute drugs to minors.įor a first offense, the maximum penalty would be doubled. We need to send a strong message to the meth cooks and dealers: Don't target our kids. But what he was using was much more dangerous: It was candy meth. He thought he was using a solidified form of a popular energy drink. One youngster admitted to a drug treatment center in California said he was unaware he had been using methamphetamine. To inexperienced users, the candy flavoring can make the drugs seem less harmful.īut while new techniques may make these drugs taste sweet, what hasn't changed are the potent effects. The flavoring is being used to disguise the bitter, chemical taste of methamphetamine. That's why I introduced legislation, called the "Saving Kids From Dangerous Drugs Act of 2007," to crack down on drug dealers who entice children with candy-flavored drugs.Īcross the country, law enforcement officers and drug treatment specialists are encountering dangerous and addictive drugs being colored, packaged and flavored in ways designed to attract children and minors.įlavored meth and cocaine - with child-friendly names like Strawberry Quick - are designed to get teenagers and young adults to try it a few times. It's all about hooking young people, and we have to stop the practice before it grows any further. This new trend of candy-flavored drugs is frightening. At least four people were arrested on related charges. Following these buys, narcotics agents confiscated three pounds of strawberry- and coconut-flavored cocaine from a home in Stockton. Undercover agents purchased flavored cocaine and other drugs from the dealers in West Sacramento and Stockton. The latest report comes out of Yolo County, where law enforcement recently broke up a local ring selling flavored drugs in Yolo, Sacramento and San Joaquin counties. Reports of flavored cocaine and flavored methamphetamine have sprung up across the country since the beginning of the year. The Sacramento area has been hit by the latest trend in illicit drugs: candy and fruit flavoring used to market drugs to youngsters.
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