
Jrmull1993
Warlock
- Jul 13, 2022
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Disclaimer: This post is just a theory of mine, don't take it as fact.
I learned from a co-worker today whose son is Police K9 handler, his drug detection K9 was forced into early retirement now that our state has legalized marijuana.
Because a dog can't "unlearn" it's training, they must be retired by law, otherwise they run the risk of the dog indicating a "hit" on a now legal substance. (Source)
That got me thinking, with the United States and some EU member countries now in more serious talks about legalizing marijuana, perhaps they are training their new K9s to detect other illicit substances in lieu of marijuana and its deritivies.
A police K9 trained solely in narcotics detection costs an average $22,000 in the US. If marijuana was legalized, the costs incurred by federal enforcement agencies to retire and procure an entire new "fleet" of K9s would be an astronomical cost.
So, if these agencies are in fact training their new K9 recruits to detect other substances, maybe barbiturates are a new narcotic they are now sniffing out?
I never knew that K9s could detect barbiturates, until I read this article. Being that "N" is a barbiturate, my theory would explain why seizures have seen to become increasingly common.
Let me know what y'all think...
I learned from a co-worker today whose son is Police K9 handler, his drug detection K9 was forced into early retirement now that our state has legalized marijuana.
Because a dog can't "unlearn" it's training, they must be retired by law, otherwise they run the risk of the dog indicating a "hit" on a now legal substance. (Source)
That got me thinking, with the United States and some EU member countries now in more serious talks about legalizing marijuana, perhaps they are training their new K9s to detect other illicit substances in lieu of marijuana and its deritivies.
A police K9 trained solely in narcotics detection costs an average $22,000 in the US. If marijuana was legalized, the costs incurred by federal enforcement agencies to retire and procure an entire new "fleet" of K9s would be an astronomical cost.
So, if these agencies are in fact training their new K9 recruits to detect other substances, maybe barbiturates are a new narcotic they are now sniffing out?
I never knew that K9s could detect barbiturates, until I read this article. Being that "N" is a barbiturate, my theory would explain why seizures have seen to become increasingly common.
Let me know what y'all think...