That's good. The article talks about how K9's should be handled with the legalization of weed. Should they be retired if they still respond to weed, etc.
Of course K9's aren't trained to actually smell anything. They're just trained to respond to an officers command, giving police the freedom to search any vehicle they please.
Shit I thought that became the case when Illinois passed its recreational law.
Will police have to retire police dogs if they still react to weed?
Yes. Police dogs "alerting" on something that isn't illegal, in a way that is indistinguishable from "alerting" on something that is illegal, are no longer qualified to be drug sniffers.
That makes it no different than it already is, most of those dogs will "alert" whenever they're signaled regardless whether they smell anything. Information online suggests anywhere between a 26-44% positive ID rate though numbers on that seem a bit sketchy from different sources.
Hence the quotes around "alert." I chose to keep my previous comment about accurate dog sniffs in order to address the question of "police dogs that react to weed even though the smell of weed is not illegal." Inaccurate sniffs are a completely valid, but separate concern.
Fair enough, point taken.
Drugs won the war!
And just like most wars, it was bullshit that it was fought in the first place and the largest source of casualties was innocents.
They needed some excuse to give hippies felonies so they couldn't vote
Don't forget black and brown people. White conservatives hate it when anyone but them participate in democracy
They made cocaine illegal for black people
Good, because that's absolute bullshit. Especially when it's legal in Illinois.
That said, don't drive while high please.
They'll just say they smell fentanyl and then pass out.
Cool. Now revoke QI!
They'll just shift to "is that crack I smell?"
"I don't know what crack smells like officer, but I'll defer to your personal experience."
gets face bashed in
"...almost worth it."
Please don't talk about my body
Yeah so useful for all the people who avoid going to Illinois for all of the obvious reasons. I was born in Illinois, and don't even like to drive through there.
Are you smoking weed or am I having a stroke?
If the wording is correct, this is a pointless win. Who's going to prove whether they smell burnt cannabis or fresh cannabis? 99% of people with burnt cannabis smell have fresh cannabis on them too.
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