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Cannabis

HDSam

(251 posts)

10. And yet

Reply to iscooterliberally (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2018, 10:57 AM

May 2018

none of the other states where marijuana is legal seem to have an issue. I should know, I live in a state that legalized recreational marijuana and have a family member that is a county sheriff’s department K-9 handler. We had several detailed discussions about this and there doesn’t seem to be an issue at this time nor over the last year since the law was enacted.

I do have concerns about dogs alerting on now-legal drugs that result in a search, but they're certainly not considering euthanizing or retiring animals.

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Illinois police: Keep pot illegal -- or we'll kill the dog [View all] iscooterliberally May 2018 OP

I....er...a friend misplaces his pot all the time. I'll take one of those dogs. dameatball May 2018 #1

Not me! I like pleasant surprises, like that lost gram of hash I found six months later picking.. marble falls May 2018 #11

How much does it cost to arrest and prosecute people for pot possession? ExciteBike66 May 2018 #2

Not to mention that the dogs get it wrong most of the time in any case. iscooterliberally May 2018 #3

its the money they lose confiscating property that they're gonna miss Locrian May 2018 #13

Dogs get old. I have never heard of them being euthanized at a certain age. dameatball May 2018 #4

I know, it's another absurd argument from the drug prohibitionists. iscooterliberally May 2018 #5

At this point these prohibitionist GWC58 Jun 2018 #16

I've contributed to dog buy backs so the handler could keep his dog catrose May 2018 #15

So essentially they have no argument against recreational marijuana. Got it. Freethinker65 May 2018 #6

This is an over-reaction by the IL police and idiotic too... SWBTATTReg May 2018 #7

I guess there are no other drugs to worry about. n2doc May 2018 #8

Beat me by 8 minutes.. Yep, drug problem all solved in IL if pot is legalized. LakeArenal May 2018 #9

And yet HDSam May 2018 #10

Those poor southern counties askyagerz May 2018 #12

Southern states can ask for them GWC58 May 2018 #14