Halloween Treat Dangers: Police Warn Of Candy-Shaped Meth Pills

Police in Dublin, Georgia, is warning parents about Halloween candies, which are actually Methamphetamine pills, circulating in the area, reports said Friday.

The Dublin Police department and the official Facebook page for the City of Dublin posted the warnings on their respective social media accounts. They posted an image of the candy-shaped pills with a warning.

“Please be aware that the Dublin Police Department is seeing methamphetamine pills in our community. These pills are stamped and resembled to look like specific candies. Please make sure you check your children's candy and report any suspicions to the Dublin Police Department,” it read.

This is not the first time police and other authorities have warned people of the presence of unwanted substances in Halloween candies. There have been many instances in the past where substances, which are potentially dangerous for children found in candy.

In 2014, parents of a girl in California found crystal meth in her bag of Halloween candies.

“This could have been intentional or it could have been accidental and we won’t know until we speak with the person who did this,” Hercules police Sgt. Ezra Tafesse said at the time, according to a report in Easy Bay Times.

In 2017, the state attorney general’s office in New Jersey published a document which was widely circulated by law enforcement agencies around New Jersey and beyond. It warned of a significant presence of marijuana candy and other edible forms in New Jersey and nearby states, due to which children fell sick.

"The presence of these edible forms of marijuana poses a great risk to users, especially to children, who may accidentally receive marijuana candy during Halloween," the warning said, according to FOX 11.

"All we're saying is check your kids' candy. If something's not in a manufacturer's wrapper ... throw it out. We're not trying to scare people," Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean County prosecutor's office, said.

Yet another very dangerous item which is sometimes found in Halloween candies is needles. As Delish points out, it can be hidden within any candy, and the wrapper will have little trace of tampering.

Similarly, razor blades were found in candy bars like Snickers, Twix, and even Tootsie Rolls. Rusty nails and staples were also found in children's candy, including chocolate bars, caramels, and gum. All of these pose an immense threat as there is a very big chance that children dig into whatever they receive during trick-or-treating before parents have a chance to go through the sweets.

A family in Buffalo, New York, found glass shards in the candy given to their daughter in 2014. The glass shards were found in Tootsie Pops, which according to reports, is one of the easiest candies to tamper without traces. One of the most shocking cases might have been when a mother discovered bullets in boxes of Milk Duds distributed by the child’s preschool.

"I opened up the second box; more bullets. I opened up the third box; more bullets. I opened up the fourth box; more bullets. I'm like, 'That's not a coincidence. That's not a mistake," Chrissy Campbell said according to a report in KFOR, an NBC-affiliated television station.

There have been countless reports of parents finding unusual items, like wedding rings, in Halloween candies. Sometimes it happens by accidents, but when it is a case like a needle within a chocolate bar, it was most probably intentional.

Reports said some medical centers and police departments are offering to x-ray candy on Halloween to check for any foreign objects. Authorities encourage caution while dealing with Halloween candies.