Skittles Party
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Skittles Party, also known as a Pharming Party, is a slang term referring to an urban legend about a type of social event where young people consume prescription drugs that have been placed together in a pile. In late February 2019, the term was widely discussed online following statements made by CPAC speaker Sara Carter.
Origin
On March 8th, 2002, the newspaper Public Opinion reported on alleged "pharming parties" where teenagers consume pills stolen from medicine cabinets:
"With prescription drug abuse, the scene could be much different. In some communities, kids have “pharming” parties. They go to their parents’ or grandparents’ medicine cabinets and take whatever drugs are there. At the parties, they throw the pills in a bowl and take a handful, [Pamela] Bennett [a flack for Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin] said. The pills could be Viagra, antibiotics, blood pressure medication or anything else."
Spread
On June 19th, 2006, Slate[4] published an article titled "Phar-Fetched 'Pharm Parties',” concluding that "If pharm parties are a trend, they're the best-hidden and least-talked about one in the country."
On March 25th, 2008, Slate[3] published an article titled "Down on the Pharm, Again," which again expressed skepticism that the parties actually existed.
On April 26th, 2008, Urban Dictionary[1] user Hayley2729 submitted a definition for "Skittles party," defining it as "a party where a bunch of teenagers or young adults get together with a lot of random pills" that were "taken from their parents medicine cabinets" (shown below).
On August 22nd, 2012, the site Narconon[2] published an article titled "Skittles Party By Teens Is Not What It Seems," which claimed teenagers were taking a variety of prescription drugs at parties, including tranquilizers, stimulants and pain medications.
2019 CPAC Conference
On February 28th, 2019, Fox News contributor Sara Carter gave a warning about "Skittles parties" at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where she claimed teenagers were consuming random pills at parties (shown below).
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SaraCarterDC</a>: "Our kids are having parties, they call them 'Skittles parties,' where they bring pills and put them into bowls and everybody picks a pill that they want and takes them. I mean, it's kind of shocking when I heard about this, randomly taking pills." <a href="https://t.co/DB0OmPtn4F">pic.twitter.com/DB0OmPtn4F</a></p>— Aaron Rupar (atrupar) March 1, 2019
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External References
[1] Urban Dictionary – skittles party
[2] Narcocnon – Skittles Party By Teens Is Not What It Seems
[3] Slate – Down on the Pharm Again
[4] Slate – Phar-Fetched Pharm Parties
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