Fri. 10/01 - Edibles In Your Kid's Trick-Or-Treat Candy? Don't Bet On It.

<p><strong><em>The persisting myth of tampered-with and tainted trick-or-treat candy, and why it’s an urban legend that will never die. Plus, how we humans produce speech and a website that shows you both the beautiful engineering and the chaos of our mouths. And a selection of haunted houses you can sleep over at in case you’re looking to up the ante on your spooky experiences this month.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>NetSuite, <a href="http://netsuite.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">netsuite.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://lifehacker.com/for-the-last-time-no-one-is-trying-to-give-your-kid-ed-1847763377" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">For the Last Time: No One Is Trying to Give Your Kid Edibles</a> (LifeHacker)</li><li><a href="https://thetakeout.com/thc-candies-halloween-trick-or-treat-pot-marijuana-weed-1847766997" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Could THC candies make it into your child's Halloween haul?</a> (The Takeout)</li><li><a href="https://reason.com/2014/10/20/you-got-your-weed-in-my-kids-trick-or-tr/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Are People Really Trying to Drug Kids With Marijuana-Laced Halloween Candy?</a> (Reason)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/style/edibles-marijuana.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Big Candy Is Angry at Look-Alike THC Treats</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/halloween-the-history-of-america-s-darkest-holiday/9780486805214" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Halloween: The History of America's Darkest Holiday</a> by David J. Skall&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1970/10/28/76790088.html?pageNumber=83" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Those Treats May Be Tricks</a> (NY Times, 1970)</li><li><a href="https://dood.al/pinktrombone/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pink Trombone</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12