Trivia: There's Cocaine in Almost All Dollar Bills

Trace amounts of cocaine are found in 4 out of every 5 dollar bills in circulation.

The average amount of cocaine found is 16 micrograms (0.000016 gram)

I am not surprised.

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Yep, it's true. I've actually seen money tested on an ionscan drug testing machine, and to find a bill with no drug traces is very rare.

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That's weird because all my friends use straws that have been cut.

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I don't carry cash. It's been a problem on a vary rare occasion (when someones machine is down), but just about everywhere takes debit/credit cards anymore.
Guess this gives me yet another reason to go plastic.

Booo icky germ ridden, drug laced, easily stolen money!

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so how could you extract it?

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What is the source of this info?

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urban legend. asses. research.

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According to snopes this is essentially true, but the presence of cocaine does not mean that 4 out of 5 bills have been used as a coke straw. It simply means that the drug is a very fine powder and easily spread around.

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/cocaine.asp

not an urban legend. ass. research.

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@kj
Snopes says it's true.

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/cocaine.asp

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So 4000-5000 dollar bills, some Pet. Ether, a evaporation dish and you got yourself a little tiny party.

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