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.