The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 26, June 29, 2003, Article 14

CONTAMINATED EUROS

  On Wednesday, June 25 Reuters reported results of a
  study which concluded that "Almost all euro banknotes
  circulating in Germany contain traces of cocaine ... as notes
  rolled up by users to snort the illegal drug contaminate the cash
  system.  "Nine out of 10 banknotes show clearly measurable
  amounts of cocaine."

  "Results from a separate study the institute carried out on
  euro notes in Barcelona were particularly startling..."

  "We were almost knocked flat by what we discovered there.
   The concentrations of cocaine on Spanish euro notes were
   almost a hundred times that of what we recorded in Germany."

  http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=2986041

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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