Statewide Iowa — Iowans heard dire warnings last month about the possibility of rainbow fentanyl showing up in kids’ trick-or-treat bags, but Emily Murray, spokeswoman for the regional U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency office in Omaha, says they had no reports of the drug appearing anywhere in the five-state area.
Murray says the rainbow fentanyl comes in a wide array of colors and is the same, dangerous drug as regular fentanyl.
Iowans need to know, Murray says, that while fentanyl can be a killer, so can many other pharmaceuticals.
A state report says 258 Iowans died of opioid overdoses last year. Murray says meth is still the number-one illegal drug being seized in the region.
