XPost: alt.fan.cecil-adams   
   From: mshaw@bangnetcom.com   
      
   In alt.folklore.urban danny burstein  wrote:   
   > ok, we all know the deal behind the LSD Blotter Acid nonsense, but is   
   > there any "there there" in this claim?   
      
   > The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is blocking inmates from   
   > receiving hand drawn crayon cards (and similar stuff) with the argument   
   > that these are being used to smuggle the drug suboxone (a cousin to   
   > morphine and heroin) into the prison.   
      
   > Putting aside the issue that it should be trivial to inspect these parcels   
   > with a sniffer or a dawg, etc., ..   
      
   If suboxone isn't all that common in the alternative-pharma world, [1]   
   it may very well be the case that devices and dogs that can detect it   
   are rare or even nonexistent.   
      
   [1] And certainly I've never heard of it. [2]   
      
   [2] But then again, I've had no direct contact with that world   
   in more than thirty years, so who knows?   
      
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   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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