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Paper Money Often Has Traces of Cocaine

Spanish study gives new meaning to 'drug money'

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 5, 2008 6:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – Chances are, you're carrying cocaine in your wallet. Trace amounts of it, anyway. A new Spanish study finds that paper money around the world is often contaminated with cocaine, LiveScience reports. Though concentrations vary by year and city, US bills had an average of up...   Read full story »

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