UK members of parliament are calling for a method of securely verifying legal correspondence after the Commons justice committee revealed that illicit psychoactive drugs could be sprayed onto paper, reported the Law Society Gazette .

In the “Tackling the drugs crisis in our prisons” report, the committee said the drug trade and use in prisons was “endemic,” per a statement published by the Gazette . Letters, including fake legal letters, were a common delivery route.

The HM Prison Wandsworth follows the Send Legal Mail barcode policy, where prison staff confirm a letter’s authenticity by scanning a barcode. His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service photocopies mail to limit drug smuggling, but this method has not been applied in all prisons for lack of funds and staff, the committee

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