COCAINE present in up to 90% of paper money in the U.S.

[Fishhead]

Cocaine Traces on Dollar Bills
MoneyCentral.msn.com

Filed in the folder marked “facts most people would never imagine” is the news that nearly nine out of 10 bills in the U.S. are contaminated with cocaine.

Data released by the American Chemical Society says 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.”

Many of those bills were used at some point to actually take cocaine, but many were contaminated by being bundled with tainted bills.

The problem is growing rapidly. Two years ago, the number was 67%.

The information raises the opportunity for law enforcement agencies to use the traces of the substance to track the international movement of drugs. Most large transactions for products like cocaine and heroin are done in cash. The flow of illicit drugs has been nearly impossible to trace. That may have changed in just the last year or so

[Fishhead]

If that's the case, why is the U.S. dollar becoming more worthless every year????

[Fishhead]

I would lay 3-1 that at least 20 SBR posters will be sniffing their paper money after reading this.

[ryanspeer2001]

More importantly think of how many godless places those 1 dollar bills have been in. Such as a strippers asshole.

[Fishhead]

More importantly think of how many godless places those 1 dollar bills have been in. Such as a strippers asshole.

[ryanspeer2001]

I also believe FlyingIllini is highly responsible for this pandemic.

[Bluehorseshoe]

I read that article and you could tell the people who wrote it never scored blow. They left out one of the reasons for money having traces of coke is that people break up the coke with the money and a credit card.

(Not that I would know.)

[juuso]

More importantly think of how many godless places those 1 dollar bills have been in. Such as a strippers asshole.

Exactly.

I don't snort coke, but i'm quite sure significant amount of paper money in circulation is pretty filthy. Most bills have been in circulation for a while, who knows where they've been. At minimum they've been handled by countless amounts of hands, some probably really dirty.

Would be better to use personal straw or something. Not that it's that likely to catch anything from bills, people in general have good immunity system against minor bacteria and stuff.

[Rixsaw]

Why do you think Washington passed bills by sniffing it instead of reading it?

[pico]

reason is that bill counting machines contaminated the bills.