North Carolina considers selling e-cigs to inmates for profit!

[ENAUD]

WRAL just ran a story on the evening news claiming that legislators are considering the sale of e-cigs to inmates. Currently, smoking is prohibited in jail, and e-cigs pose no fire threat, and could help ease inmates nicotine addiction were some of the comments aired. Wow! This just blew my mind!

http://www.wral.com/jails-could-sell-e-cigarettes-to-inmates/13878152/

http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/video/13878502/

 

[zapped]

Wont happen unless they find a brand of ecigs made specifically for jails. ..........with all soft parts instead of metal.

Too easy to take one apart then file it down into a knife or shiv.

I think someone was actually trying to develop one just like this and for this very purpose a year or so ago although I never heard what if anything came of it.

 

[ENAUD]

County jails are already selling e-cigs to inmates here.

 

[zapped]

County jails are already selling e-cigs to inmates here.

Since yesterday? Wow that was fast!

Would be interesting to see what they are made of and what their policy is.....like do you have turn the old one in to get a new one etc

 

[ENAUD]

Don't have any specifics, only going by what I read on the news site. More importantly, what does this mean in the bigger scheme of things. That part of the system realizes that there is a benefit to e-cigs, and that the harm and danger is less than from combustible tobacco products. Hearing this story kind of gave me a shot of hope, realizing that there are folks in the system, who get it.

 

[Harlen]

They make them now just for jail

 

[Narpho]

Not going to work out and inmates will be more ticked off. The e-cigs are too heavy for the cockroach's to carry.

 

[Robino1]

Moved from General vaping to Media and General News.

Have a great weekend

 

[Pedrobear]

Great! (not that I ever intend to enjoy this benfit) lol..

INC! "Inmate in blah blah shanked by ecig, todays news!"

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

Wont happen unless they find a brand of ecigs made specifically for jails. ..........with all soft parts instead of metal.

Too easy to take one apart then file it down into a knife or shiv.

I think someone was actually trying to develop one just like this and for this very purpose a year or so ago although I never heard what if anything came of it.

Here you go, done about 2 years ago.

CrossBar Electronic Cigarettes

 

[aubergine]

Here you go, done about 2 years ago.

CrossBar Electronic Cigarettes

That is totally amazing and brilliant. Thanks for posting. Now if we could just get the dimwits in psychiatric hospitals to pay attention to what happens to stressed out, confined persons in acute crisis when you also restrict cigarettes to occasional "breaks" in a corner of the grounds... there, the ensuing anxiety and freak-out gets added to the diagnosis. I fought that during my internship and it was like talking to robots.

 

[sonicdsl]

Not going to work out and inmates will be more ticked off. The e-cigs are too heavy for the cockroach's to carry.

OITNB!