Drug use - Middle class are silent drug culprits

ASTONISHING is the best description of research into the detection of illicit drug use which found 100% of a sample of bank notes in circulation in the greater Dublin area were contaminated with cocaine.

This amazing outcome goes a long way towards confirming the assertion of Justice Minister Michael McDowell that people snorting cocaine in leafy middleclass suburbs bear responsibility for gangland murders.

Ironically, the highest cocaine residues were found on €20 and €50 bank notes, as compared to €5 and €10.