Monday, August 17, 2009

Astonishing! ~ re 90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine

It is a good thing that I don't use cash, unless it is necessary, as long as I can remember for decades.

Who wants to carry cash which could have went through anyone's hand....

90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine
By Madison Park

(CNN) -- The term "dirty money" is for real.

In the course of its average 20 months in circulation, U.S. currency gets whisked into ATMs, clutched, touched and traded perhaps thousands of times at coffee shops, convenience stores and newsstands. And every touch to every bill brings specks of dirt, food, germs or even drug residue.

Research presented this weekend reinforced previous findings that 90 percent of paper money circulating in U.S. cities contains traces of cocaine.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/14/cocaine.traces.money/index.html

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