Re:90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine (2009)
by simonebrunozzi on Sunday March 13, 2016 @03:11AM
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Hmm... on [1], how can it be that they tested 10 banknotes, and "92%" tested positive?
Re:90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine (2009)
by bluenose69 on Sunday March 13, 2016 @08:42AM
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Quoting from [1]: "ten randomly collected one-dollar bills from five cities"
Re:90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine (2009)
by mtanski on Sunday March 13, 2016 @12:05PM
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> The abstract[0] says $1 and $100 denominations were less likely to test positive.
Most of the ATMs in NYC give me $20 notes. Sometimes for a larger withdrawal (300 or more) they mix $20 and $50 notes.
The abstract[0] says $1 and $100 denominations were less likely to test positive. The latter is curious. Perhaps it's because lower denominations are more likely to be used by street dealers, or that $20 bills make up the majority of triple-digit ATM transactions.
It's worth noting that currency has a lot more than just trace amounts of cocaine on it.[1] Trace amounts of any common narcotic can create problems if probable cause with fur happens to get a whiff of your cash.
>There is cocaine dust around the machines. These bank tellers breathe in cocaine.
Here I thought handling large amounts of cash was just intrinsically exhilarating.
[0] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18646272
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaminated_currency#In_the...