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Diana Denton: Smoke out the smugglers in prisons

The Sept. 21 Focus article “Synthetic marijuana has emerged as a deadly threat in N.C. prisons” was poorly focused. The problem isn’t consumption by prisoners of synthetic marijuana but rather the fact that they have access to it!

“State prison leaders have acknowledged that most contraband in maximum security facilities is smuggled in by staff members.” That is the problem that needs to be addressed.

Diana Denton

Cary

This story was originally published September 22, 2016 at 4:56 PM with the headline "Diana Denton: Smoke out the smugglers in prisons."

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