I've heard the urban legend too, that little Johnny gets sick from getting Halloween candy that is laced with cocaine or Crystal Meth. It might have even happened once or twice, but the reality is that little Johnny might have been sickened by the drugs kept in his own home, not the drugs of some stranger. No, your kid will not be given drug laced candy on Halloween, and no, it didn't happen to the kids of someone you know in the next town over.
First off, the obvious. Drugs are expensive and people who use them don't give them out for free. I highly, highly doubt they'd waste their private stash on your kids. Next, lets say they do want to waste their private stash on total strangers (which, um, no junkie does. Speaking from personal experience here). How do they put meth in a Hershey's bar? And shouldn't you examine your kids candy before they eat it? My mom always did, and she threw away anything that was privately baked and not in a wrapper. It's sad, because most of the time the people who bake cookies and brownies can't afford regular candy and still want to be neighborly.
Second, drug addicts don't care about your children. They aren't looking to get your kids high so your kids come back to them and become regular customers after become addicted to drugs. Drug addicts use the drugs themselves and ignore everyone else.
Urban legends have been around forever, and this one is no different.
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