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Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scare

  • Written by Joel Best, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware
Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scareTrends in recreational or illicit drug use often make the jump to Halloween warnings.Malte Mueller/fstop via Getty Images

Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk about rumors of contaminated Halloween treats.

That’s because I track media coverage of reported incidents of trick-or-treaters...

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