Getting High from Money

We seem to get this sort of revelation every few years, and though it is interesting, I find it more telling about the ‘war on drugs’ that the country is stupidly fighting. If the war on drugs was dropped, imagine how much better the economy would be, with taxes being paid on all the drugs moving around the planet. Imagine how many people would be alive, had the war on drugs not taken their lives, either due to the loss of it because of the fear of reaction to getting treatment, or those who lost their lives because of trying to evade capture, or though infighting with other smugglers.

from Slashdot

“Scientists have found that up to 90% of US paper money has some cocaine contamination, up from the 67% mark measured two years ago. Looking at bills from 17 cities, it’s no surprise that the city with the highest level was Washington DC, where up to 95% of bills gathered there tested positive. From a global standpoint, both Canada and Brazil tested rather high (85% and 80%, respectively), but China and Japan were well behind the curve at 20% and 12%. The researchers hope that studies such as these will be of help to law enforcement agencies that are attempting to understand the growth and flow of drug use in communities.”

How telling it is that the highest amount of contamination is found in Washington, D.C., the hypocrisy capital of the world.

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Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

- Brendan Gill