I got an email today warning about Strawberry Quick.
This is one of the cheapest drugs going around Pretoria & Jhb at the moment and is being used by all ages from 5 years old
There is a very scary thing going on in the schools right now that all need to be aware of. There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry pop rocks. It smells like strawberry also and it is being handed out to kids in school yards .
Kids are ingesting this thinking that it is candy and being rushed off to emergency in dire condition. It also comes in chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, grape and orange it looks just like pop rocks.
Please instruct your children to not accept candy that looks like this even from a friend and to take any that they may have to a teacher, principal, etc. That is what they are calling strawberry meth or strawberry quick.
They are calling this new form of meth “Strawberry Quick” and it looks like the “Pop Rocks” candy that sizzle in your mouth. In its current form, it is dark pink in colour and has a strawberry scent to it.
Please advise your children and their friends and other students not to accept candy from strangers as this is obviously an attempt to seduce children into drug use. They also need to be cautious in accepting candy from even friends that may have received it from someone else, thinking it is just candy.
I’ve received the email before, but it means more to me now because of Bradley’s age and the fact that he’s at big school now. I thought about it all the way home, and have just googled it to see whether the email is true (because you never know whether emails “speak” the truth these days).
And… it’s true… but slightly exagerated.
My point is the following. I have an almost 5 year old. It’s all very well and good explaining to him about the dangers about accepting sweets from strangers. But, the thing is, my child is more likely going to get something like this from a friend. Not a stranger. And how to you explain to him that it’s sometimes OK to get a sweet from a friend, but not always. And what are those boundaries? How do you set them?
Thankfully, Bradley is paranoid about eating sulphur. He knows to ask an adult about ingredients before accepting sweets. But that’s not to say he’s safe! He could forget. He’s only 4 after all!
Edited… it seems I misread the Snopes article, I only read the first bit. How embarrassing!
