--- description: Police set up candy disposal sites in response to the incident. title: A Wisconsin Parent Found Meth in Their Child's Halloween Candy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cb679bfb83e496f/6988e3ed97cdff927d6b310b/meth-halloween-candy.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Wisconsin Parent Found Meth in Their Child's Halloween Candy  by [Billy Perrigo](/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 31, 2017 1:05 PM CUT  On Oct. 30, 2017, a baggy containing crystalline powder was found in a child's Halloween candy following a trick-or-treating event in Keshena, Wis. The crystalline powder tested positive for methamphetamine. On Oct. 30, 2017, a baggy containing crystalline powder was found in a child's Halloween candy following a trick-or-treating event in Keshena, Wis. The crystalline powder tested positive for methamphetamine.Menominee Tribal Police  by [Billy Perrigo](/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 31, 2017 1:05 PM CUT A parent found a small packet of methamphetamine amongst her child’s Halloween trick-or-treat candy in Keshena, on the Menominee Indian reservation in Wisconsin, police say. The child did not ingest the drugs, which were found by the parent in the early hours of Monday morning. However, police warned of the dangers the drug posed to both children and adults, and the tribe set up candy disposal sites in response to the event, according to [ABC local news](http://www.wbay.com/content/news/Menominee-Tribal-Police-warn-about-meth-found-in-Halloween-candy-454064103.html "undefined"). They urged parents and children to hand in any candy collected on Sunday night. Police said it was unclear whether the drugs were handed out on purpose, [reports WLUK-TV](http://fox11online.com/news/local/menominee-tribal-police-meth-found-in-trick-or-treat-bag "undefined"). Another trick-or-treating event has been organized in Keshena for Tuesday night in response to the incident, in order to give children an opportunity to celebrate Halloween. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5003599/meth-found-halloween-candy-menominee-reservation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5003599/meth-found-halloween-candy-menominee-reservation/"},"headline":"A Wisconsin Parent Found Meth in Their Child's Halloween Candy","datePublished":"2017-10-31T13:05:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:03:15.775Z","description":"On the Menominee Indian reservation in Wisconsin","url":"https://time.com/5003599/meth-found-halloween-candy-menominee-reservation/","keywords":["Wisconsin","Meth","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cb679bfb83e496f/6988e3ed97cdff927d6b310b/meth-halloween-candy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Billy Perrigo","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/billy-perrigo/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cb679bfb83e496f/6988e3ed97cdff927d6b310b/meth-halloween-candy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"meth-halloween-candy","caption":"On Oct. 30, 2017, a baggy containing crystalline powder was found in a child's Halloween candy following a trick-or-treating event in Keshena, Wis. The crystalline powder tested positive for methamphetamine.","creditText":"Menominee Tribal Police","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5003599/meth-found-halloween-candy-menominee-reservation/","name":"A Wisconsin Parent Found Meth in Their Child's Halloween Candy"}}]}] ```