If you’re a junkie, you might not have to go to your dealer for a fix just hang on to your money and sniff it. Chances are, you’d be able to snort trace amounts of crack in it. Not that we’re advising people to do that or to do drugs at all.
But a new study found out that there were traces of cocaine found on as much as 90% of paper bills found in the US. The researches tested bills in 30 cities in 5 different countries (US, Canada, Brazil, China and Japan_ and found traces of cocaine in many areas.
The most alarming are with the bills found in US and Canada with tainted bills range from 85% to 90%. Bills from Asian countries Japan and China had the lowest ranging only from 12% to 20%.
Wondering how cocaine got to your bills? Scientists say that cocaine traces can be transferred to bills during drug deals and direct use. So that means that some way, some how, Abraham Lincoln in your wallet was part of some drug deal or was owned by a junkie. Sometimes, clean bills can also get tainted through contact with tainted bills through banks and processing.
Implications of the study indicates that it might be possible for law enforcement to profile the movement of money involved in drug use as it flows through a community. Added plot angle for CSI, perhaps?
