Federal law enforcement has issued a warning to the public after police seized thousands of “rainbow fentanyl” pills, a brightly colored version of the highly toxic synthetic opioid, which authorities worry could be targeting children.
To date, rainbow fentanyl has reportedly shown up in Arizona and Oregon.
At the end of August, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Port Director Michael Humphries wrote on Twitter that Arizona border agents had seized 6.5 pounds of methamphetamine, almost 186,000 blue fentanyl pills, and 47,000 rainbow-colored pills from a floor compartment of a vehicle at the port of Nogalez.
Rainbow fentanyl resembles hard candy, or in some cases, sidewalk chalk….