Before Halloween, Let's Dispel Two Big Myths Relating to the Holiday

Every year I see two false things get repeated about Halloween. They are:1. Check your candy for razors/drugs/something dangerous because people could do bad things to candy!2. Black cats shouldn't be adopted out because people use them as decor and return them or do awful things to them.You're theoretically more likely to find candy in your razor blades than the other way around,if you think about it from a humorus angle.First off, the whole razors-in-candy nonsense is mainly an urban legend with a bunch of made-up stories, hoaxes, and a real-life case where someone poisoned their own child's Halloween candy to collect life insurance money. As for addictive drugs...who the Hell is giving drugs away for free? I swear, DARE taught me that I wouldn't be able to walk down the street without dealers offering me free doses of the hardest smack available, yet the most I've ever been offered by anyone is a beer or a joint from my friends who drink or smoke cannabis (I always decline as I…