Scientists have recently studied the minutia floating in the air over Rome and found lots of stuff. Yeah, there’s caffeine and tobacco residues, you’d expect that, what with all the high pressure machines forcing steam through coffee grounds day and night while people puff away outside. But there’s also traces of cocaine and cannabis, especially over Rome’s University, La Sapienza.
I remember a court case years ago in which the defendant was going down on a drug charge. Part of the evidence concerned cocaine reside on the bills in his wallet. Then defense lawyers grabbed up all the bills they could from good, drug-free associates and had them tested. Lots of ‘em had cocaine residue. Hmmm.
Go to Rome. Take a deep breath. Feel better? Hungry? If you’re in winter, when the stuff really builds up, there are approximately 0.1 nanograms of cocaine per cubic meter of air. Pretty soon there’ll be a tax on breathing. Mark my words.
Reuters: There’s something in the air in Rome: cocaine
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