Deadly Drugs Hiding in Plain Sight: The Rise of Paper-Based Narcotics
Inmates at a maximum-security jail are finding innovative ways to smuggle in deadly drugs, coating them on everyday items like books and letters. Learn how this alarming trend is challenging correctional facilities.
Correctional facilities across the United States are facing a troubling new trend - the smuggling of deadly drugs in the most innocuous of places, disguised on the pages of books, letters, and legal documents. This alarming development has taken hold at the Division 9 Maximum Security Dormitory of the Cook County Department of Corrections, where inmates have been discovered using these paper-based narcotics.
The issue first came to light when correctional officers noticed inmates exhibiting signs of drug use, despite the lack of any physical drugs or paraphernalia found during routine searches. Further investigation revealed that the inmates were ingesting or inhaling the drugs by simply handling the contaminated pages, allowing the chemicals to be absorbed through the skin or respiratory system.
{{IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER}}Source: The New York Times
