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    Something to think about the next time you use an ATM

    ... or while you're counting your money after a hard night of dancing.

    Just for the record, this article is about six years old:

    Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, took out a large ad in last Friday's New York Times asking, "Did you know that there's a three out of four chance that the money you're carrying could be legally confiscated?" His argument is that 75 percent of American currency is contaminated with cocaine. Since a law--which the ACLU opposes--allows courts to seize "drug-related assets" for almost any reason at all, Glasser concludes that ordinary citizens are at risk of having three-quarters of their cash seized. Is he right?

    Glasser is correct that paper money is commonly contaminated with cocaine. Studies published by Argonne National Laboratories, the FBI, and the Journal of Forensic Sciences place the number between 70 and 100 percent.

    http://slate.msn.com/id/1002005/
    I guess this means were all drug traffickers. See you all in the pokey.

    ...and in case you think this is some urban legend, I've already checked.

    http://www.snopes.com/business/money/cocaine.asp
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    Default Re: Something to think about the next time you use an ATM

    "omg im gonna start feeding my dog dollar notes so it gets addicted to coke, then it can sniff out all the other coke " lol


    i dunno where that came from.......:?

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    Default Re: Something to think about the next time you use an ATM

    Just to note, there's a bill in the US House right now that seeks to redress many of the idiotic and ineffectual seizure rules that were put into place in the 80s during the height of the War on Drugs. This would include cash seizures.

    I'll see if I can't dig this up. Want to say it's sponsored by a GOP House Rep from Florida. Can't remember which one this minute.
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    That's crazy!!! But I guess at the time, they did what they thought they had to do.

    But I'm gunna tell you right now, if it happened to me, I will be one hot bitch and fighting the whole way. (which I would normally never do)

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    Quote Originally Posted by kitana
    That's crazy!!! But I guess at the time, they did what they thought they had to do.

    But I'm gunna tell you right now, if it happened to me, I will be one hot bitch and fighting the whole way. (which I would normally never do)

    Kitana
    While they don't seize currency for that reason alone, they do seize people's money right out of their wallets every day along I-10 and I-95... of course, the vast majority of those stopped and then relieved of their money are blacks or hispanics who don't have the $10,000 or so that it takes to file suit in Federal Court and PROVE that the money's not the product of illegal activity, so it gets forfeited to the government, who then remits the majority of it to the local police agency that made the stop. Volusia County, Florida and Calcasiu Parish, Louisiana are both famous for this - over the course of the past 20 years or so they've become completely self-sufficient departments, replete with brand new police cars, etc. every year from the monies they seize from motorists passing through their jurisdictions on the interstate.

    CO - was not aware of Bill. Thx for info - hope it passes, is long overdue.
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    Default Re: Something to think about the next time you use an ATM

    just a sneaky (on purpose) way for the american people to pay off the goverments debt.
    the slutty one

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    Default Re: Something to think about the next time you use an ATM

    Hmmmm...well, if there's coke in the money...what happens if a drug dog sniffs you out?

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