No Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing(www.nytimes.com)
12 pointsby Physkal7 hours ago5 comments
  • rawgabbit5 hours ago
    This reminded me of the film Queen Margot when the king was poisoned by reading and touching a book on falconry with the bad habit of licking his fingers.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Reine_Margot_(1994_film)

    • plmpsu5 hours ago
      As in The Name of the Rose.
  • duskdozer5 hours ago
    >The drugs were so novel that even the dogs could not smell them.

    Yes, because drug dogs are largely a sham

    >The report stated that prohibited drugs were found in only 26% of searches following an indication by a drug sniffer dog. Of these, 84% were for small amounts of cannabis deemed for personal use.

    https://www.ombo.nsw.gov.au/reports/report-to-parliament/pol...

  • Physkal5 hours ago
    Suprised to see the corrections officer smelling the papers during the inspection. Isn't this dangerous?
    • JasonADrury2 hours ago
      If something bad happened, it would be the first time. It's of course possible that some future substances might be more dangerous.
    • mindslight2 hours ago
      Externalized locus of control means that when one of them gets harmed, they get to blame it on someone else and take it out on the inmates. So from their perspective it's a feature, really.
  • Helloyello6 hours ago
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