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The end of October is nearing, which means Halloween is just around the corner for many American kids. The holiday, known for trick or treating and consuming copious amounts of candy, is a bit spookier than normal this year: Parents now have to worry about the possibility of so-called rainbow fentanyl ending up in their kids\u2019 candy bags.\n\u201cBecause this has been a relatively new phenomenon regarding the rainbow fentanyl and as Halloween is so close, parents need to be particularly concerned about what their children are ingesting for Halloween, because it has been found in Nerds candy packaging as well as Skittles,\u201d says Lora Ries, director of The Heritage Foundation\u2019s Border Security and Immigration Center. (The Daily Signal is Heritage\u2019s multimedia news organization.)\nFentanyl, a highly lethal synthetic opioid, has plagued communities throughout the United States. Just recently, roughly 300,000 \u201crainbow fentanyl\u201d pills and more than 20 pounds of powdered fentanyl were found in the Bronx, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration\xa0reported.\xa0\n\u201c[Parents] need to talk to their kids, as best they can age appropriately, to look out for rainbow-colored candy and two, parents themselves should be checking packaging,\u201d Ries advises.\xa0\nRies joins \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to talk about rainbow fentanyl, the ongoing crisis at the southern border, and what much of the media is missing.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.