A Fly in the Ointment for Cocaine Users
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From Times Wire Reports
Police in Bristol, Britain, said they had advised pub owners to spray WD-40 lubricant on toilets and other flat lavatory surfaces to prevent customers from using them as bases to snort cocaine.
“A chemical reaction takes place with the cocaine that causes it to congeal ... so it’s unusable,” a spokesman said.
A spokeswoman for WD-40 Co. said, “It’s not meant to be ingested
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