Feeling peckish? Smugglers include chicken wings with weed, other contraband in illicit care packages

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Smuggler’s offerings tossed across the fencing of a Mississippi prison apparently tried to right this wrong by including delicious chicken wings. Recreational weed is illegal in Mississippi, although during the recent election, voters approved a constitutional ballot initiative to create a medical marijuana program. Maybe cannabis and cigars are not enough to see inmates through tedious, tasteless times in prison. Inmates found to have connections to the smuggling attempt “will lose eligibility for early release and accumulated earned time,” the MDOC adds. Subscribe to the Cannabis Post newsletter for weekly insights into the industry, what insiders will be talking about and content from across the Postmedia Network.

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Maybe cannabis and cigars are not enough to see inmates through tedious, tasteless times in prison. Smuggler’s offerings tossed across the fencing of a Mississippi prison apparently tried to right this wrong by including delicious chicken wings.

Despite being under the cloak of darkness, the two dozen-plus packages tossed over a remote section of South Mississippi Correctional Institution’s (SMCI) perimeter fence at about 1:30 a.m. were detected, thanks to technology, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC).

“Some of the illegal...

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