http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10702737%5E421,00.html
"INMATES at a NSW jail have been caught keeping deadly redback spiders - so they could milk their venom and inject it for a high.
In a bizarre dice with death, prisoners watered down the venom before injecting, according to Corrective Services documents.
The spiders were among contraband seized from prisoners, according to documents obtained by the State Opposition, under Freedom of Information laws, which also revealed the number of weapons seized in jails has quadrupled over a year while drug use and 'potato factory' alcohol set-ups have doubled.
Guards found more than 80 litres of 'homemade' brew in 14 raids in the first three months of this year, according to the documents.
The four 'pet' redbacks were found in a Grafton cell on February 19 with 'intelligence suggesting' inmates at the complex had milked the venom, according to an incident report. "
