Drugs shaped like such popular cartoon characters as Snoopy and Transformers have begun showing up in Kansas City, and local officials are worried that children are at risk of mistaking the tablets for vitamins or candy.

While drug dealers are marketing the pills as Ecstacy, local drug officials say the shaped tablets often don't contain any Ecstacy at all, but instead are a combination of drugs once used to treat stomach parasites.

The brightly colored pills -- some have turned up shaped like President Obama's head, while others are in the shape of Homer and Bart Simpson or Ninja turtles -- are aimed at teens and young adults. Experts say the intent is to promote the drug as light fun, rather than a dangerous experiment.