Washington cops working to ‘desensitize’ drug dogs to marijuana smell

[Paul E Ester]

Police in Washington state are working to retrain their drug-sniffing dogs so that they’re less likely to alert when they smell marijuana.

The retraining is part of the state’s law enforcement reforms following November’s voter-backed legalization measure, which will ultimately require police to notify judges as to whether a drug dog used to obtain probable cause for a search has been trained to comply with state law.

“Moving forward, it makes most sense not to train dogs to alert to marijuana as that would likely lead to unwarranted investigatory detentions of people who are not breaking any law,” Alison Holcomb, drug policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union, told KOMO News on Wednesday.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/21/washington-cops-working-to-desensitize-drug-dogs-to-marijuana-smell/

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Except, the dirty little secret of the "drug war" is, it has always been 90% about pot

They get the money with scare campaigns over meth and heroin dealers, then use the cash to fill prisons with pot users.

[Paul E Ester]

2. Who would you rather get into a fight with?

A stoner or a Meth Head?

The heroin guy is a toss up cause you may just find him nodding out.

Meth and Heroin users lose their soul and are much more unpredictable and dangerous.

End of the day cops are lazy.

I think the biggest secret are the parasitic "Substance abuse treatment" programs that feed off all the court ordered referrals.

[OnyxCollie]

3. Corrections Corporation of America loves non-violent pot offenders.

It means fewer guards to watch prisoners and greater profits.