Thursday, July 11, 2024

Does drug testing in prisons reduce drug use?

Have you ever wondered how a significant drug use in prison has been  possible? How many of the prison wards are on the take? Where is the money coming from to pay for this consumption?

They say inside prisons it is a different world!

"Australian researchers are questioning the need for mandatory drug testing in prisons.

Nearly 2 in 5 people report using illicit drugs in Australian prisons, including 14% who reported use of injected drugs.

Every Australian state and territory uses some form of compulsory testing, usually with urine tests, to try and manage it. ...
“If you’re looking for objective measures of drug use in prisons, then people have done wastewater surveillance, which provides a really good indication.” ..."

Does drug testing in prisons reduce drug use?

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