Drug-laced lollipops being sold, police say (!) | Chicago Tribune

[Ediacara]

Drug-laced lollipops being sold, police say

Published February 2, 2004

CHICAGO -- Marquette District police officers are warning the public about drug-laced candy suckers being sold in the neighborhood.

The suckers, sold for $10 a piece, have tested positive for THC, the narcotic agent in marijuana, and PCP, according to a news release from Chicago Police Department spokesman Dave Bayless.

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[ender]

1. lol - must be next to the LSD tattoos :-)

[TeeYiYi]

2. I caught an episode of COPs last night . . .

. . . (well early this morning when I couldn't sleep).

This HUGE guy went on a crazy naked rampage breaking glass and spraying people with fire extinguishers.

After he had calmed down in the back of the cop car, he confessed to smoking a "wet daddy" which turned out to be a PCP soaked joint.

Those lollipops sound scary. I can't imagine anyone intentionally ingesting PCP. :shrug:

TYY

[plurality]

3. never mind I should check again

editied so i don't look like a fool...again :)

[Robb]

4. "Warning the public"?

Give me a break. If you need to be "warned" that there may be more than sugar in a lollipop that costs $10.... :eyes:

[thebigidea]

5. yeah, hilarious. As if some clown is giving them out free

"First hit is free, kid!"

You know what, no it fucking isn't. Dealers kinda like to make money, and there are always customers.

Drugs advertise themselves, you don't need a marketing campaign and free samples.

[Rich Hunt]

6. thanx for advertising this

....heading down to the corner now!

;)

[LifeDuringWartime]

7. ill take mine without PCP

thankyouverymuch

[Chico Man]

12. aww come on, a little dust never hurt anyone

:eyes:

[Mari333]

8. I see , but the Pharmaceutical Companies

are shoving Prozac and Paxil down kids throats and thats not an issue..hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[yellowcanine]

9. I heard some of them have razor blades embedded in them as well

A guy whose friend's brother is a Chicago cop told me.

[Chico Man]

10. Maybe you are thinking of the "truthout" anti-cigarette commerical

"Glass-Shard freeze pops."

If someone cuts their tongue by licking a lolipop that has a razor blade sticking out of it that they paid $10 for there is something drastically wrong.

[northzax]

13. you mean shardsoglass.com?

http://www.shardsoglass.com/



I tell you, that commercial stressed me out so much, I had to go outside and smoke....

[thebigidea]

11. I love when you hear bullshit stories like these...

but somehow, you never see a single incident of some kid biting a razor blade on the evening news.

Reminds me of the Halloween candy scare stories... in decades of trick or treating, the sum total of "poison candy" incidents added up to what, ONE?

[yellowcanine]

14. I think it was one incident, right and in that case

the kid knew the perp. It wasn't anonymus.

[Fovea]

23. 5 years working evenings in a class I trauma center ER

And I didnt see anything like what the urban myths said.
What I did see was a lot of kids who got drunk and smashed up their cars, often smashing up cars not driving by drunks.

[Logansquare]

15. These have been in existence for a long time

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=lollipops+cannabis&spell=1

Why the CPD is sounding an "alarm" now is anyone's guess, because as someone pointed out, they're not exactly giving these away.

There is a real danger that some idiot would leave one of his hash lollies around and a small child could get hold of it. Small children can have a very bad reaction to cannibis.

[thebigidea]

17. there is a very real danger of some idiot not leaving hash lollies around

ME!

Why, i've never even heard of them. Some deviant I turned out to be.

[Logansquare]

21. I dunno, you just hang out with the wrong people

;-)

[yellowcanine]

16. People also have been killed for flashing their headlights

in Chicago when they see a car driving without lights in the dark. The same Chicago cop is the source of that story.

[enki23]

18. blue star tattoos!

aids needles in mailboxes! razor blades in candy! DON'T PANIC. proceed to the nearest retail outlet in an orderly fashion. visa and mastercard will be accepted in most areas.

do not eat unpurchased food items. do not trust shifty-eyed food sellers, foreign nationals, or local brand names. please consume with care. your childrens' lives are at stake.

[LiberalFighter]

19. bush should test them out using a different cavity

[Laughing Mirror]

20. The Candy Man can

Repeat after me:

Who can take a sunrise
Sprinkle it with dew
Dust it in PCP and a sprinkle of THC or two
The Candy Man
Oh the Candy Man can
The Candy Man can
'Cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good

La la la la la la
La la la la la ...

[NNN0LHI]

22. My buddy Rush was wondering if they had any OxyContin flavored ones?