Law Enforcement Warns to Be Aware of Rainbow Fentanyl

 

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officials are warning that “Rainbow Fentanyl” is spreading in Oregon, Idaho, and throughout the West Coast and has also been found in Arizona and in the Washington D.C. area.

Rainbow Fentanyl is a powdered opioid that can be dyed in a range of colors. Officials worry that the rainbow colored Fentanyl pills could make the drug more attractive to children because they can easily be mistaken for candy or sidewalk chalk.

Investigators say that the powder can expand in the air and it could be deadly if inhaled. The blue powder is believed to be more dangerous and more potent than fentanyl pills.

With the start of the new school year, it is especially important that parents stay informed and remind their kids never to take a pill unless it is prescribed by a doctor and given by a parent. There is no way to know how potent an illegal pill may be or what it might be laced with.