“Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.”
What PolitiFact found
Drug policy experts have repeatedly told news outlets that there have been no reports of fentanyl contaminating Halloween candy, and the risk of this happening is low.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rick Scott (U.S. Senator for Florida) made this claim around 31 October 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 October 2023. Its rating was “False”.
Rick Scott has 28 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 15 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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