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Why Can’t We Buy Healthy Supplements?

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Luke

Luke writes from a prison in TAS.

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In Tasmania, a lot of people come into custody off the streets affected by using large amounts of drugs of various kinds so they are under-weight and very unhealthy, which is no good at all.

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The government wants people to be healthy and to stay off drugs – while people are in custody we do a lot of training to stay healthy.

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We want top quality proteins, supplements and items for our health. But we can’t buy what we want, need and like.

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On the canteen form we have protein that’s the cheapest stuff ya can buy and not of good quality.

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I don’t understand why. Normal people can purchase any good health items they want and need from chemist’s body building shops and more.

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Tasmanian inmates would be grateful to be able to buy items so our health can be in the best shape possible to be fit, healthy and strong. Prison is a place for rehabilitation and used as a rehab place for people to get off drugs and to get healthy.

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