Snohomish County, tribal law enforcement issue warning of rainbow pastel fentanyl-laced pills
Authorities issue warning about new colorful form of fentanyl-laced pills
Officials with the Tulalip Police Department say they found a new kind of fentanyl that is scaring them due to its similarities to candy.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. - Officials with the Tulalip Police Department say they found a new kind of fentanyl that is scaring them due to its similarities to candy.
Detective Haison Duong with the Tulalip Police Department says while patrolling the Tulalip Resort Casino he found someone with the tie-dye color fentanyl in their car.
"This is the first time we’ve seen this in our department and probably even in Snohomish County, that you got multiple colors in one pill," he said.
The concern is how easily mistakable this drug could be for candy.
"We just felt like the community needed to be warned and advised that this is out there, and keep it away from your kids," said Chief Chris Sutter with the Tulalip Police Department.

Whether accidentally picked up by a baby or child, or intentionally marketed to younger users, one of these candy-colored pills can kill.
"Kids don’t think it’s going to happen to them, and that's I think the most scariest situation. Even if you try to talk to them about it, there’s this mentality of that’s not going to happen to me," said Kelly Landon.
Landon does work in the recovery community. For years, she struggled with addiction. She says more open channels of communication are needed in schools and in homes to help kids realize how deadly this drug is.
"I wish someone would have told me you don’t need to create a bunch of damage to get sober, like you need to stay out there until you wreck your life," said Landon.
Just this week in Pierce County, a Cougar Mountain Middle School nurse used naloxone to revive a 12-year-old boy who was overdosing on fentanyl, investigators said.
Tulalip Police report last year, 36 kids died in the state, from fentanyl.
Medical officials report nearly 800 people have died due to fentanyl so far this year in King County. That number is higher than all of last year.
If you encounter them or know who is selling them, notify the Tulalip Drug Task Force at Tips@TulalipTribalPolice.org.
You can also submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound through the P3 Tips App or at P3Tips.com.