Tue. 10/11 - The Ghost of Halloween Candy Panics Past

Another Halloween, another candy tampering panic. While these panics rarely––if ever––bear fruit, poisoned candy and concerns around it have a longer history than you might suspect. Plus, a voter fraud scandal has rocked the wholesome Fat Bear Week contest.

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Links:

• Rainbow Fentanyl: Poisoned Halloween Candy Rerelease (American Hysteria, Spotify)
• Other articles about fentanyl thing this year
• This Year's Halloween Candy Panic Is Unfounded "Rainbow Fentanyl" Fears (The Mary Sue)
• DEA says "rainbow" fentanyl pills are being marketed to children. Experts say that's nonsense (Salon)
• Young people are being targeted with brightly colored ‘rainbow fentanyl,’ government drug agency warns (NBC News)
• Crime Reporting (Last Week Tonight, YouTube)
• Fri. 10/01 - Edibles In Your Kid's Trick-Or-Treat Candy? Don't Bet On It. (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
• How Tainted Treats Led to a Halloween Tragedy in 1858 (Atlas Obscura)
• ‘Fat Bear Week’ Hit By Voter-Fraud Attempt (Rolling Stone)
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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