"getting high on chemicals and a sugar rush"

That's just filklore. Don't worry about it anymore.

The DH and I will be playing 'nice white folks' tonight. The weather's nice, so we expect between 75-150 trick or treaters. We have our lights up (white ghost, string of purple lights, string of orange) and have bought the candy. We have Hershey's chocolate kisses for the older children and Lifesavers for the toddlers.

We look forward to this every year. Where do they experience kids in their town children being happy and all adults being nice? On the news? No.