well if i am not mistaken, cocaine can be absorbed right through the skin-- so part of your enjoyment of the US has been through osmosis--
just handling US money-- getting the money into your sweaty hands--
and are on a trip in more way than one!

some months ago-- there was a thread about ATM's an POP's (point of purchase? ) machines.. and everyone marveled that we still use real cash money in US..