This afternoon a friend forwarded an e-mail to me warning about drugs that look like strawberry “pop rocks.” I am usually skeptical of those kinds of e-mail warnings and checked, as always, Snopes.com — and was surprised to find that it is true. You can read the whole entry at snopes here. It comes not only in strawberry, but also in chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, and orange versions.

Children should know not to accept candy from strangers anyway, but it would be good not to accept anything that looks like pop rocks even from friends for now.

(Clarification: This isn’t talking about the Pop Rocks candy you buy at the store — just the kind that someone else might offer you.)