[Kosh]

According to this, you might as well be drug runners

You probably have cocaine in your wallet, purse, or pocket. Sound unlikely or outrageous? Think again! In what researchers describe as the largest, most comprehensive analysis to date of cocaine contamination in banknotes, scientists are reporting that cocaine is present in up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, particularly in large cities such as Baltimore, Boston, and Detroit. The scientists found traces of cocaine in 95 percent of the banknotes analyzed from Washington, D.C., alone.

Presented here today at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, the new study suggests that cocaine abuse is still widespread and may be on the rise in some areas. It could help raise public awareness about cocaine use and lead to greater emphasis on curbing its abuse, the researchers say.

The scientists tested banknotes from more than 30 cities in five countries, including the U.S., Canada, Brazil, China, and Japan, and found "alarming" evidence of cocaine use in many areas. The U.S. and Canada had the highest levels, with an average contamination rate of between 85 and 90 percent, while China and Japan had the lowest, between 12 and 20 percent contamination. The study is the first report about cocaine contamination in Chinese and Japanese currencies, they say.

90% of your paper money has coke on it.....ouch.

[iamzack]

Damned lowlife scum snorting with denominations below $50...

[BloodEagle]

This isn't exactly news. :/

[MP-Ryan]

This isn't exactly news. :/

Not at all.  What most people don't know is that their driver's licenses and credit/debit cards also frequently have drug residue on them (regardless of whether they use drugs or not).  Cocaine dust is "sticky" - trace amounts stay on physical objects for a LONG time.

[Colonol Dekker]

 My Debit card is practically caked in the stuff. DAmn you residual trace amounts from other people.

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[FUBAR-BDHR]

If after reading that article you ground up and snorted your cash you may have a drug problem.........

[JGZinv]

Now... is your money worth more as what it is, or is what is on your money more valuable?

[Scotty]

definately what's on it, what with this economy

[Colonol Dekker]

Coke and weed are still the two most moral of the social substances.
 

[StarSlayer]

Where is the Bond Villain who will use a powerful heat ray to destroy the currency while filtering out the coke, simultaneously destroying the US economy and flooding the market with Cocaine?

[Titan]

Wasn't that in the new one? Or am I thinking of that other movie...

[Mongoose]

I knew there was a reason that money smelled so good.