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Old 08-17-2009, 08:28 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Cocaine on 90% of US/CAN currency

Cocaine on Money: Drug Found on 90% of U.S. Bills

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August 16, 2009

If you live in the United States or Canada, chances are you have cocaine in your wallet.

Nearly nine out of ten bills circulating in the U.S. and its northern neighbor are tainted with cocaine, according to what's being called the most definitive research to date on the subject.

What's more, researchers were surprised to find hints that more Americans are using the illegal drug, said study leader Yuegang Zuo of the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth.

In a similar study by the same team in 2007, 67 percent of U.S. bills were found to be tainted with cocaine. The new study puts the percentage at 85 to 95—a jump of roughly 20 percent, Zuo said.

The drug gets on paper money during drug transactions and when people roll bills to snort cocaine powder, Zuo said.

Stress spurred by the worldwide financial crisis may be driving people to abuse cocaine, one of the most common illegal drugs in the world, Zuo said in a phone interview.

The new findings could "help raise public awareness about cocaine use and lead to greater emphasis on curbing its abuse," Zuo said in a follow-up email.

Cocaine Country

Part of the reason the new study is so complete, Zuo said, is because the team used new equipment, a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, which doesn't ruin the money—allowing the scientists to test more bills without breaking the bank.

The team collected banknotes from the Brazil, Canada, the U.S., China, and Japan.

With 5.8 million people having used the drug at least once in 2007, the U.S. is the world's biggest cocaine market, according to the 2009 UN World Drug Report.

Perhaps not surprisingly, then, the U.S.—along with Canada—had the highest percentage of cocaine-permeated bills in the study.

Of the 234 U.S. bills collected in 17 large and small cities, nearly 90 percent had traces of cocaine, especially in larger cities such as Baltimore, Boston, and Detroit. Ninety-five percent of the dollars found in Washington, D.C., had cocaine embedded in their fibers—among the highest in the study.

(See pictures of cocaine-cultivating country in National Geographic magazine.)

In keeping with their reputations for having relatively low rates of cocaine use, China and Japan yielded bills with relatively low levels of cocaine contamination.

Asian drug-taking practices could conceivably be partly responsible for the lower percentages of cocaine-tainted bills. Zuo doesn't know, for example, whether Asian cocaine users inhale through rolled bills as many Western users do.

"It is for sure that drug abuse in different countries and regions has different use patterns which may affect cocaine contamination on money," he said via email.

Regardless of where you live, though, there's little chance of getting buzzed off your bills, Zuo said. Even in the U.S. and Canada, the concentrations are simply too small.

Findings today at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C.
Really makes you think how much cocaine has been used. Just thought I'd share, dunno if it's relevant to anything.
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Old 08-17-2009, 09:57 AM   #2 (permalink)
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yeah, ive seen this before. but, it's not the most prevalent substance found on the dollar. fecal matter and urine is. so, judging by our money, americans dont wash their hands and we snort keys.
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Old 08-17-2009, 10:02 AM   #3 (permalink)
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They say that practically everywhere it seems.

BBC News | UK | Banknotes 'tainted with cocaine'
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Old 08-23-2009, 11:53 PM   #4 (permalink)
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not surprising, money isn't gone when its spent, every dollar bill has a chance to get to a crackhead. or 2. or 3... and god only know how much shit and piss.
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Old 08-24-2009, 08:01 AM   #5 (permalink)
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it disgust me that people shove dirty ass bills up their nose to snort drugs

why would you take the dirtiest thing in the world and shove it into a body cavity and sniff

like for gods sake find some clean paper or a straw
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Old 08-25-2009, 05:56 PM   #6 (permalink)
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well you guys are still behind the major centers. there was a similar news feed story about 4 months ago suggesting the air in europe..and in the water of the themes (as in they snort so much of it in london that its being pissed away...

There's something in the air in Rome: cocaine | International | Reuters

World News Australia - Cocaine 'in the air' of Spanish cities

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Old 08-25-2009, 06:23 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Not to mention all the pounds of cocaine drug cartels dump into the water when theres a chance they'll get caught.
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cocaine is a helluva drug!
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lol i wouldnt be supprised the bills here are covered with more 2-c's and meph then coke
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