Thursday 11 January 2007

Cocaine on '100% of Irish euros'

One hundred percent of banknotes in the Republic of Ireland carry traces of cocaine, a new study has found.

Researchers used the latest forensic techniques that would detect even the tiniest fragments to study a batch of 45 used banknotes.

BBC:

Isn't it amazing what they can do with figures! -- surely that headline should read 'Cocaine on 45 Irish euros' but then that wouldn't have the same impact, would it?