There's been kind of two parallel fentanyl related Halloween themed panics in the last few months. It's gotten more acute with this recent Los Angeles airport busts a couple of weeks ago. The most recent drugs happen to be hidden away in boxes of candy and Legos, which are also fun things that children can play with. This is how drug trafficking works: They're not typically marked in packages or hauling tractor-trailers through entry ports.
In this Halloween themed News Brief, we debunk the idea drug dealers are handing out fentanyl candy to our children. But we also examine why these copaganda panics are able to take hold: namely the failure of liberals to provide an alternative, non-carceral vision for how to handle the very real and urgent overdose crisis.