Claim Picking up folded dollar bills from the ground could be life threatening due to the presence of powder inside containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Fact CheckIn early June 2022, a number or news outlets and social media users published posts and headlines warning that picking up folded dollar bills off the ground could be dangerous because people are using the folded bills to stash dangerous drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine. All of the posts and stories about drug-laced, folded dollar bills can be traced to a Facebook post made on June 8, 2022, by the Perry County Sheriff’s Office, which is west of Nashville, Tennessee. In sum, authorities in Perry County, Tennessee cautioned local residents about two incidents in which powder containing two illicit drugs, fentanyl and methamphetamine, were found in folded dollar bills on the floor of an area gas station. That doesn’t mean there is a rash of drug-laced dollar bills sprinkled on floors throughout the nation.

Source: ABC News June 14, 2022 00:22 UTC