Old but gold? Not in this case. The “Cristal Meth Effervescent Powder” is apparently being shared on Facebook again.
The old adage of “Once on the Internet, always on the Internet” is proving true again, for better or for worse.
A keen-eyed Facebook user alerted us to a status post via email that is currently being shared again.
Hello dear ZDDK team.
I just came across this post.
It's from 2015 but was currently shared: Link
Can you check that?
Thank you very much in advance.
Best regards
If you follow the link, you will come to the following Facebook entry:
Source: Facebook / Screenshot Mimikama
This picture looks very familiar to us.
Even if it was a few years ago:
This claim made the rounds back in 2012 and unsettled many parents on Facebook.
Is this an authentic parent letter?
No.
We still cannot confirm that this is a real letter from parents. On the one hand, the “Tötlich” was repaired to “Tödlich” with a ballpoint pen and on the other hand, there is no school address or date, stamp and/or signature.
None of this makes a particularly serious impression.
Where does this claim come from?
It all started in the USA in 2007. At least this letter has been in circulation since at least 2007 and represents an accumulation of half-truths.
Because it arose from the “Strawberry Quick Methamphetamine Warning” hoax.
Our colleagues from Snopes have reported on it in detail.
The sender at the time: “Memorial Physican Services”
They then published a statement and explained that this letter was one FAKE which is not yours:
Source: Mimikama
In 2012 the hoax made it to German-speaking countries and was shared like this:
Source: Mimikama
Excerpt from the “Hannoversche Allgemeine” (HAZ.de) from September 13, 2013
At secondary schools in the city of Wunstorf, the phones don't stand still.
Concerned parents want to know what school administrators are doing about alleged drug trafficking. The reason is messages and warnings on Facebook, which the students also pass on to each other.
“All people who go to the Otto Hahn School, no matter what branch, should be careful!
There's a drug going around the school that looks like Pop Rocks and smells like strawberry meth! It's called Strawberry Quick! Do not accept this 'sweets' from anyone! Strawberry Quick known as crystal meth can also be fatal,” it says. Headmistress Helga Radtke and her colleagues always take drug warnings seriously. But in this case, according to the police, it is a false report.
The text is a translation from English and has been floating around on the Internet since 2007.
Reference: http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Region/Wunstorf/Nachrichten/Strawberry-Quick-Falschmelde-ueber-Drogen-in-Wunstorf
Further references to this hoax:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/strawberry-quick-meth.shtml
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/29/strawberry-quick-meth-facebook/
http://urbanlegends.about .com/library/bl_strawberry_meth.htm
http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2013/08/17/strawberry-quick-flavored-meth-warning-still-spreading.htm
http://urbanlegends.about.com /od/medical/a/halloween_meth.htm
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