I have been alerted to be on the lookout for a new form of
>>Crystalized Meth that is targeted at children and to be aware of
>>this new form if called to an emergency involving a child that may
>>have symptoms of drug
>>induction or overdose. They are calling this new form of meth
>>"Strawberry Quick" and it looks like the "Pop Rocks" candy that
>>sizzle in your mouth. In its current form, it is dark pink in color
>>and has a strawberry scent to it.
>>Please advise your children and their friends and other students
>>not to accept candy from strangers as this is obviously an attempt
>>to seduce children into drug use. They also need to be cautious in
>>accepting
>>candy from even friends that may have received it from someone
>>else, thinking it is just candy.
>>
>>I don't want this email to scare anyone, but I thought it would be
>>best to share this with you, so you can once again talk to your
>>childre about the effects of drugs and how easy it could be to take
>>drugs without
>>knowing it, until it is too late.
>>
>>I worry, just as each of you do about kids and drugs and all
>>the problems our kids today are faced with. So please talk with
>>your children about this newest threat to get children addicted to
>>drugs!
>>
>>Strawberry meth didn't take long to arrive in the Ozarks by
>>Michelle Sherwood, KY3 News WILLARD, Mo. A new twist to an old
>>drug may make it more appealing to children. It's called strawberry
>>quick -- strawberry flavoring added to methamphetamine to make it
>>taste more like candy -- and it's already
>>made its appearance in the Ozarks. The first sighting of strawberry
>>quick was in Willard, not too far
>>from the town's debris dumpsite. Its strawberry flavored and it
>>could be the first of a new trend. It's causing a major buzz with
>>law officers and community groups. It looks like rock candy, the
>>kind someone might buy as a treat, but there's nothing sweet about
>>these crystals. "It has a more user-friendly appearance, if you
>>will,* said Capt. Randy Gibson of the Greene County Sheriff*s
>>Department.
>>Strawberry quick is basically meth with pink coloring and
>>strawberry flavoring to remove the bitter test of just plain meth.
>>It showed up on the west coast in mid-February and, in almost no
>>time, wound up here.
>>*It was almost overnight,* said Gibson.
>>Greene County officers recently pulled over a car for a
>>traffic violation and found about two grams of it in a seat. So
>>far,detectives think it*s the only case in this area but that
>>doesn't stop community leaders from worrying about the drug's
>>impact on kids.
>>"When it's put in that kind of format, people often think it's
>>less hazardous,* said Melissa Haddow, executive director of
>>Community Partnership of the Ozarks. "This may appeal to kids that
>>meth or crystal would not appeal to.*
>>Haddow compares it to how kids think of alcohol. Many see hard
>>liquor, like gin, as dangerous but, at the same time, see drinks
>>like wine coolers as safe. "I don't know if it's deliberately
>>targeted to kids but certainly it's going to be more palatable for
>>kids,* said Gibson.
>>"I don't think it is huge right now in the Ozarks at all,*
>>said Haddow, *but we don't want to glamorize it, that's for sure."
>>The Community Partnership is sending out surveys to area schools
>>to get an idea of how bad meth is among students and to see how
>>much they know, if anything, about strawberry quick.
>>
>>Eugene A. Lewis, Jr.
>>Chief of Police
>>Alvin ISD Police Department
>>802 S. Johnson Street
>>Alvin, Texas 77511
>>Phone: 281-331-2320
>>E-mail: elewis@alvinisd. net