Drug News

COCAINE – AUSTRAILIA
Cocaine contaminates Irish banknotes – Cosmos Magazine
Traces of cocaine were found on every banknote tested in an Irish study of drug contamination of currency.

COCAINE – USA
Irish Euro Notes Slathered in Cocaine, Study Reports – Scientific American
In what is already my pick for research paper of the year, Dublin City University researchers report that 28 of 45 sampled Euro notes–5s, 10s, 20s and 50s–currently circulating in the greater Dublin area show a goodly contamination with cocaine.

COCAINE – COLOMBIA
High Bills: Cocaine in Your Change – Shared Responsibility
England and Ireland also tested their banknotes for cocaine. The results? 99.9% of England’s and 100% of Ireland’s had traces of cocaine.

METH – USA
Don’t let film’s anti-meth message disappear – Nevada Appeal
The only real criticism we’ve heard about Tuesday night’s broadcast of “Crystal Darkness: Meth’s deadly assault on Nevada’s Youth” is that it was not long enough.

ADDICTION – USA
Coffee fans discuss their addiction – Tahlequah Daily Press
“People say it’s not as bad as crank or heroin or cocaine. But that’s just because coffee is legal. Make it illegal for just one day and see what kind of social upheaval you cause.”

DRUGS – USA
Cough, cold remedies might be lethal to infants – MSNBC.com
After investigating the deaths of three infants between 1 and 6 months old linked to cough and cold medication use, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are emphasizing that these drugs should be used only after talking with a physician.