Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 14:07:05 +0000
From: Chuck Koelbel <chk@cs.rice.edu>
Subject: You asked for it, you got it - Blue Star Tatoo warning

This showed up on a local newsgroup. With the help of your web page, I killed the rumor. Thanks for maintaining that page as a public service.

Chuck Koelbel

Subject: Alert to Parents (fwd) 
Date: 19 Jul 1996 10:30:05 -0500 
From: ivy@cs.rice.EDU (Ivy Jorgensen)
Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas 
Newsgroups: rice.comp.general


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From postmaster@moe.rice.edu Fri Jul 19 09:09:25 1996
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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 09:11:00 -0600
To: alldepts@rice.edu
From: dispatch@ruf.rice.edu (RUPD Dispatch)
Subject: Alert to Parents

The City of Houston Police Department is distributing this document to all
DARE Officers who present drug prevention programs in the Houston Area
Schools.  Since most schools are not in session we wanted to share the
alert with you.  So far as we know, there are no reported cases in the
Houston area at this time. Unfortunatly, this type of crime has a way of
spreading very quickly throughout the country.


1. ***WARNING TO PARENTS:  For all of you who have children . . .regardless
of their ages.  A form of Tattoo called "BLUE STAR" is being sold to school
children.  It is a small piece of paper containing a blue star.  They are
the size of a pencil erase, and each star is soaked with LSD.

2.  THE DRUG IS ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN SIMPLY BY HANDLING THE PAPER>
There are also brightly colored paper tattoos resembling postage stamps
that have the pictures of the following:  Superman, Mickey Mouse, CLowns,
Disney Characters, Bart Simpson, Butterflies, etc.  EACH ONE IS WRAPPED IN
FOIL.  THIS IS A NEW WAY OF SELLING ACID BY APPEALING TO YOUNG CHILDREN!

3.  If your child gets any of the above, do not handle them.  These are
known to react quickly and some are laced with Strychnine.

4.  The source of the above informations is J. O. O'Donnell (Danbury
Hospital.  Outpatient Chemical Dependency Treatment Service. and furnished
by the Air FOrce Inspector General Office.

Mary M. Voswinkel
Rice University Police