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Fifteen years ago when I was working in California, it was found that the majority of used bank notes in circulation at the time were contaminated with cocaine. The contamination was caused by people rolling them up to snort the powder, which then contaminated other bank notes they came in contact with.
I thought then that it would be difficult if, during a random drug search, money in my wallet were to suggest that I was a drug addict. Fortunately, this didn’t happen.
This came to mind this morning when it was announced that 95% of dollar bills in circulation in Washington DC bear traces of cocaine.
The researchers, from the University of Massachusetts, tested dollar notes from more than 30 cities world-wide. They found that the problem is not only confined to the US. They discovered that Canada, Brazil, China and Japan all suffer from the same problem.
What I wonder is the situation with our own paper money, and are we at risk during random drug searches?
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Fifteen years ago when I was working in California, it was found that the majority of used bank notes in circulation at the time were contaminated with cocaine. The contamination was caused by people rolling them up to snort the powder, which then contaminated other bank notes they came in contact with.
I thought then that it would be difficult if, during a random drug search, money in my wallet were to suggest that I was a drug addict. Fortunately, this didn’t happen.
This came to mind this morning when it was announced that 95% of dollar bills in circulation in Washington DC bear traces of cocaine.
The researchers, from the University of Massachusetts, tested dollar notes from more than 30 cities world-wide. They found that the problem is not only confined to the US. They discovered that Canada, Brazil, China and Japan all suffer from the same problem.
What I wonder is the situation with our own paper money, and are we at risk during random drug searches?
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