How Tampered Halloween Candy Affected ’90s Trick-or-Treating

The fear of dr*gs in candy took a new form in 1983. Towns across the country reported incidents involving brownies containing can*abis. In some cases, teenagers intentionally distributed the baked goods to younger trick-or-treaters as a prank or something more serious. Once again, these events confirmed parents’ worst fears about accepting unwrapped, homemade items from anyone but their closest neighbors.