Pubdate: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2008 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Author: Nadia Moharib POSITIVE SPIN PUT ON DRUG ERROR If there's a positive following an accidental leak of erroneous information which created worry for parents and school staff, police say it's to remind kids repeatedly not to be tempted by drugs. Earlier this week, an internal e-mail sent by two detectives to drug unit colleagues was somehow sent out to the public. It spread through the city looking like an official police memo warning of a new form of crystal meth, dubbed "strawberry quick," designed to appeal to children with its pink colour and strawberry scent. The e-mail said the kid-friendly methamphetamine is being handed out in school yards and unsuspecting people end up in hospital. Yesterday, Det. Doug Hudacin, a drug expert with the police service, said there are no indications the form of meth "tailored to entice the younger crowd," has hit Calgary. "At the present time there is no such concern," Hudacin said. "It does exist ... at this point we have not seen flavoured methamphetamine in the city. "I'm not saying it's not here -- we just haven't seen it." Hudacin said police want to put a positive spin on the leak by highlighting the reality that other drugs are out there. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin