PRISON SMOKING BAN

Dangles · Balmey Army Joined: 14 May 2015

So I see there's a riot taking place in the Ravenhill Prison believed to be in response to statewide prison smoking bans due to start tomorrow. Imagine what it's going to be like when they've been off the darts for a few days. Shocked

Culprit · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne

The riots were predicted by everyone in the industry. Smokes are currency in the prison system and the blanket ban was not thought out properly. This is just the start and it will cost the State and Taxpayer.

Pi · Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Location: SA

When I got locked up 15 years ago they would issue you with one pack of White Ox per week and one liter of milk per day, problem was I didn't smoke and didn't drink milk, it was like they wanted to give me extra punishment for my brief 2 day stay.

watt price tully · Joined: 15 May 2007

Same thing happens in emergency departments & is a common cause of calling security when say an agitated patient wants a cigarette & they are not permitted. The are offered nicotine patches etc. I've seen lots of people "crack it" requiring security etc & if they are a compulsory patient involuntary in the old lingo that is, waiting to be admitted into a psychiatric facility, if they have said along the chain of events leading to the ED presentation that they are suicidal or have suicidal thoughts / homicidal thoughts etc then they are not allowed out for cigarettes.

On such occasions it is not uncommon for patients to "lose it" whereby staff safety is becomes an issue & where the patient may require medications indeed on some occasions IV medications & mechanical restraint to the trolley.

All triggered by a persons need for a cigarette & hospital policy.

Tannin · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:42 pm

1: Who cares?

2: Going cold turkey isn't that bad. It's not the withdrawls or the cravings that get you, it's the constant mental stress of saying will I have a smoke, no I'm giving up, but I could have just one, no but I am giving up, yes but maybe I could give up next week, no but .... With a blanket ban, there is no mental stress: you can't have a smoke no matter what, so you don't have one. Easy. Next question.

3: The first three days are the worst. After that the cravings fade away little by little. Lock the prisons down, wait three days, situation normal.

watt price tully · Joined: 15 May 2007

Dangles · Balmey Army Joined: 14 May 2015

HAL · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:20 pm

Maybe when you are a little older.

Tannin · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:30 pm

Tannin · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:31 pm

Um. We are talking about the hair from her head aren't we?

Skids · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:11 am

Good. One of the deadliest drugs known to man and in almost all cases recorded, leads to harder drugs.

Tannin · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:13 am

^ Pubic hair?

Gosh!

HAL · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:14 am

Who is your favourite Science Fiction author?

Wokko · Come and take it. Joined: 04 Oct 2005

David · I dare you to try Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: Andromeda

Can someone explain the rationale behind this? I understand that it might be a means of protecting non-smoking prisoners from second-hand smoke (and perhaps improving the health of everyone else), but there's a reason why something like this hasn't been tried in wider society for a long time: enforced sudden quitting of an addictive drug is likely to result in pretty negative short-term side-effects. It just seems like authoritarianism for its own sake.

(That doesn't justify rioting, of course, but if you don't want riots it's probably a good idea to think about what your constituents want.)