Halloween is near, and while the focus of kids and families is the merriment that the season brings, the Jackson, Miss. Police Department has another thing on its mind - candy-shaped ecstasy for Halloween.
The department said that the pressed Ecstasy pills could easily be mistaken for ordinary candies this Halloween and could possibly end up in the hands of children, according to Fox 29.
It isn't only the Jackson, Miss. Police Department which has made the warning on the ecstasy Halloween candies as several law enforcement agencies in the U.S. has joined in. They are urging parents to check their kids' candies for these "new shapes of ecstasy."
The warning by the Jackson police was been announced on their Facebook page Monday, October 19, reported Fox 23 Chicago. The post shows an image of several colorful tablets, with some having the word "Nintendo" or the letter "S" on them. Other candies are skull, dice and thumbs-up-shaped.
"If your kids get these for Halloween candy, they ARE NOT CANDY!!!," the photo's caption reads. "They are the new shapes of "Ecstasy" and can kill kids through overdoses!!!" read the Facebook post on the ecstasy Halloween candies.
It has been decades since law enforcement agencies have begun warning parents of the dangers of ecstasy Halloween candies. The new warning by the Jackson police isn't the first, according to The Inquisitr.
Last month, other reports about the candy-shaped ecstasy also circulated on Facebook, according to Snopes.com.
Kiro 7 reports that according to a spokesman for the Seattle Police Department, there hadn't been any reports so far of kids getting harmed by the fake Halloween candies in over 10 years.
"We haven't had any reports," said Sergeant Sean Whitcomb. "Last year there was talk about edible marijuana - that people would be giving it out. But we haven't been reports of that either."
Despite this, it will always be a good idea to check up on kids' candies before allowing them to eat it.
Click here to see the original post from Jackson PD on Facebook.
