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I once encountered a small scale smuggling operation in which prisoners were smuggling their inhalers out of a prison to sell on the street.

The prisoners were receiving as much as $10 per inhaler, funded by a family on the outside that couldn't afford the inhalers at pharmacy prices.

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That's amazing. A lot of people import them from Canada, but this is much more interesting.

It's fascinating isn't it? You'd never suspect that people are smuggling drugs out of prison, but the inhalers weren't the only thing either.

I'm not sure it's ever been looked in to, but having seen it first hand, I can tell you there's a whole hustle for people on the inside trying to get prescribed expensive drugs in order to supplement their meager existences.

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