Rick Scott Says Halloween Candy Has Been Infiltrated By Drug Traffickers
U.S. Senator Rick Scott posted a video this morning on Halloween on the platform X that warns parents to be careful this halloween. He explains that fentanyl looking like candy has been brought across the border by drug traffickers and cartels and that it can be handed out as normal candy to children. While this is a very serious thing to consider for your children on Halloween, there has actually been zero cases of any fentanyl candy lookalikes in the U.S. Drug policy experts have even said that there should be no worry for your children. While there is nothing wrong about Senator Scott warning parents about the safety of their children, this video can be seen as a slight form of fear mongering. He framed this story around not just drugs in general, but drug trafficking from cartels. Things start to click as to why he would do that as they align with his views on border policies! So it makes sense as to why he frames this story that way to social media.