For years - at around the same time - the same picture has been appearing again and again on social networks. It's about an alleged letter to parents about effervescent powder.

It's about this picture, which is shared again and again:

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Screenshot by mimikama.org

This message comes from schools. As many as possible should be informed. Please keep sending.

!!
DANGER !! PROTECT OUR STUDENTS

Unfortunately, there is once again a new drug on the market. The dangerous thing about it is that it looks like an effervescent powder:

This powder is Cristal Meth with different flavors (strawberry, watermelon, etc.)

THIS DRUG IS INSTANTLY DEPENDENT AFTER THE FIRST USE AND CAN BE FATAL

The fact check

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 at Snopes have reported on this in detail.

The sender at the time: “Memorial Physican Services”

They then published a statement and explained that this letter was a FAKE and did not come from you:

Source: mimikama
Source: mimikama

In 2012 the hoax made it to German-speaking countries and was shared like this:

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Source: mimikama

Excerpt from the “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung” (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


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