From: Vice
An Australian Ex-Con Explains How to Make Cigarettes From Nicotine Patches
In July 2015, Victoria put the Corrections Smoke-Free Prisons Act into effect. The legislation prohibits smoking in all prisons across the state, which led to a spate of violent riots, most notably at the Ravenhall Remand Centre. That particular riot lasted two days and caused an estimated $10 million worth of damage. Still, the government didn’t budge.
My friend Mikey was recently released from Barwon’s maximum-security prison, where he’d applied the same entrepreneurial skills that landed him in prison in the first place. Basically, Mickey had figured out how to make fake cigarettes and was selling them at a premium.
