Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer is warning about the dangers of rainbow fentanyl. Senator Schumer says more drug dealers are pushing brightly colored fentanyl to make it more appealing to young teens and children. Zachary Milgram: The real harm in all these stories is completely obscured, hidden, unspoken,. And that's why like this stuff matters.
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.