Harry Jaffe: Living in D.C. is a coke walk

Chances are you are carrying cocaine around in your pocket. I’m not talking about a few of you. Look at the person next to you on the Metro, your wife, your kid, your co-worker. Nearly everyone in the nation’s capital is carrying cocaine.

Scientists have examined cash in Washington, D.C., and found that 95 percent of the bills in circulation have traces of cocaine. The study was conducted by chemists with the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth.