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> in order to tamp down on contraband being smuggled into prisons. You can thumb flip through 300 pages in under a second to see that there is nothing in there
by kazinator 9mo ago
> in order to tamp down on contraband being smuggled into prisons.
You can thumb flip through 300 pages in under a second to see that there is nothing in there.
- fhdkweig 9mo agoIt is bonded to the paper. The paper is soaked in liquid drugs and then left to dry. The books are then shipped to the jails. Once there, the pages are then torn out and eaten or smoked. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bug+pesticide+paper+prison https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bug+pesticide+paper+prison https://www.goerie.com/story/news/crime/2024/11/27/inmate-mail-coated-with-bug-spray-deet-kd-court-affirms-erie-pa-conviction/76594805007/ https://www.goerie.com/story/news/crime/2024/11/27/inmate-ma... https://filtermag.org/drug-strips-prisons-jails-research/ https://filtermag.org/drug-strips-prisons-jails-research/
- AlotOfReading 9mo agoPretty much a textbook use case for surface drug test kits.
- fhdkweig 9mo agoYou'd need a test for every random chemical someone can use to get high. This story piqued my interest a few years ago because I didn't realize people got high off bug spray. I think the best alternative solution is to get better e-books on the tablets the prisons already have, as airstrike said.
- barbazoo 9mo agoAlso much easier to extract money that way when the ebook can’t be transferred whereas a book can be traded freely once it’s in the prison system.
- LeoPanthera 9mo agoA textbook case, you say?
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