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Tranquility

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Louisiana Republican cites satirical news article to claim legal pot in Colorado killed 37 people in a day

The Advocate reports that Louisiana State Rep. Dodie Horton (R-Haughton) argued against the expansion of marijuana by referencing a fake news story published by satire website The Daily Currant that claimed 37 people died of marijuana “overdoses” in Colorado the day after the drug became legalized in the state.
Heh, Dodie. I wonder if he was ever teased growing up.

With a quick look, it's a her not a he and "Dodie" is just her cool politician name. Nevermind.

Even better, at her bio at https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/165610/dodie-horton , it lists her education as, "Attended, Woodlawn High School". That's it. No mention of college (not that that makes you a better politician/person) nor of actually graduating high school. (not that THAT makes you a better politician/person either)
 

Tranquility

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The police dog issue is a real one. How do you get a dog to stop alerting to cannabis without changing behavior to other drugs/usb/bomb issues they can smell? (Well, I know how. It's just that it will take a long time and the dog is useless until trained.) Basically, all dogs that alert to cannabis in a state where it is legal cannot provide the reasonable suspicion/probable cause needed to continue an investigation or to make an arrest. (The odd case has to do with medical marijuana and still allowing a search based on an alert because it could have been illegal and another that allowed it because the amount could have been more than legal. I think those are just last grasps in the hope to put some bad guy's away during the transition.)

It's not like police dogs are as little fluffy and can be handled by anyone; they are big weapons that require a good and knowledgeable owner to control.

Now, I suspect this is just posturing on the part of the police. But, just look at what the government did to war dogs even though Robby's law was in effect. Such a dog, even though it is loved and respected by the humans they work with, is still just considered a piece of property. If the police decided to take such an action as mentioned, there would be no "murder" or animal cruelty issues.
 
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Copacetic

Somewhere North of The Wall
I don't get it.
They don't HAVE to stop these dogs alerting to cannabis odour.
The dog isn't the one doing the actual arresting and charging FFS.

What's the problem with simply proceeding with a search based upon the dog alert, and if nothing illegal is found then the officer/s simply hands back the persons belongings and lets them continue with their day (here's your weed sir/madam, sorry for the inconvenience) .

What do your police CURRENTLY do in the event of a search which uncovers nothing illegal? (please don't say "plant evidence" lol)

It's not like the dog can communicate which odour it's detected, so if someone is searched and found to be in possession of something still illegal, it's not as if the 'offender' can claim it was an illegal search predicated upon the dog detecting cannabis, so the charges/conviction should be secure no?

The dogs don't even need to be retrained.

Quite apart from the 'humanitarian' concerns, retiring (or God forbid, euthanising) these highly trained animals would be a huge (and unnecessary) waste of resources.
Not to mention the inevitable upset caused to the handlers (would officers quit?)

I don't know the duration of the working life of police dogs, but new dogs being trained now would come into service in a few years anyway.

Sounds like posturing to me too.
 

Tranquility

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I don't get it.
They don't HAVE to stop these dogs alerting to cannabis odour.
The dog isn't the one doing the actual arresting and charging FFS.

What's the problem with simply proceeding with a search based upon the dog alert, and if nothing illegal is found then the officer/s simply hands back the persons belongings and lets them continue with their day (here's your weed sir/madam, sorry for the inconvenience) .
The Constitution's fourth amendment prevents unreasonable search and seizure. The dog provides facts and circumstances that would lead a reasonable person of like training and experience to believe a crime is being committed (Aka probable cause) that makes the search or seizure reasonable.

If the dog's training alerts on something that is not illegal, then how can it provide a fact or circumstance that could change things? Dogs sometimes sit. That does not mean a person goes to jail.

What do your police CURRENTLY do in the event of a search which uncovers nothing illegal? (please don't say "plant evidence" lol)
We don't assess the reasonableness of a search on the result, but on the facts and circumstances that led to it. Lots of searches result in finding nothing.

It's not like the dog can communicate which odour it's detected, so if someone is searched and found to be in possession of something still illegal, it's not as if the 'offender' can claim it was an illegal search predicated upon the dog detecting cannabis, so the charges/conviction should be secure no?
There is no protection from illegal search and seizure if the guideline is if the government found something. The problem is in what the dog provides. It is trained to alert in the presence of illegal substances. (Some are trained for other things too, like USB's or nitrates, both legal.) If the alert no longer indicates the dog smelling illegal substances, what does the alert mean?

The dogs don't even need to be retrained.
Heck, we don't even need the dogs! If not reasonably believing a person is breaking the law is no longer important, the police can just search when they want.

Quite apart from the 'humanitarian' concerns, retiring (or God forbid, euthanising) these highly trained animals would be a huge (and unnecessary) waste of resources.
It takes years to train a good police dog and then it only has a few years of good service. Retraining will take some time and might not be worth it for all but the youngest dogs because of the service life.

Also, we have the uncertainty. The reason for the current legal framework is based on hundreds, thousands of court decisions. Court decisions where the dog alerting was based on his training in recognizing illegal substances alone. If it is now just alerting when EITHER legal or illegal things are perceived, all the factual scenarios will have to be re-litigated.
 
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Adobewan

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I imagine/hope the wave of upset from the public, and the officers paired up with these dogs, would be enough to keep this from happening, but wish it were enough to keep the heartless propagandists from even suggesting it.
This is a real issue everywhere legalization is happening, but Canada didn't jump right to “kill the dogs”.

“Regarding drug sniffing dogs in Canada, Toronto-based criminal lawyer Paul Lewin, who specializes in laws and regulations surrounding marijuana said, “Put the dogs out to pasture, do something humane, let them run in someone’s backyard,” said Lewin. “They can be someone’s pet going forward, but we certainly shouldn’t be paying for cannabis-sniffing dogs going forward.””

https://globalnews.ca/news/3863886/...g-dogs-when-marijuana-is-legalized-in-canada/
 

Copacetic

Somewhere North of The Wall
Realistically, there is never any certainty re' what the dog is alerting to (unless the dog is trained SOLELY on canna, surely not the case), so I can't imagine there would be many felons SUCCESSFULLY claiming 'unfair search' after being caught with something illegal after a search predicated upon an alert by a dog which happens to have obsolete training in addition to it's training for other substances which are still currently illegal.

You guys are changing your laws, if you can't do that without being flexible enough to avoid destroying innocent dogs or incarcerating innocent people I despair.

And please don't put words in my mouth.
I did not say, or suggest that probable cause should be abandoned or police allowed to search without it, or even that dogs should not be used, those are YOUR words @OldNewbie not mine, please don't twist my meaning.
 

Tranquility

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Realistically, there is never any certainty re' what the dog is alerting to (unless the dog is trained SOLELY on canna, surely not the case),
It's hard to get too specific as there is a lot to deal with, but, the dog is doing as it is trained. When it smells the item(s) it is trained to, it does the thing it is trained to do. Say a dog's alert is to sit when it smells pot. It sniffs the car and sits. We now have probable cause to believe pot is in the vehicle and can search it. Now, say it is trained to alert on pot or cocaine. The dog is taken around a car and sits. What can we say? We can say we have probable cause to believe pot or cocaine is in the vehicle and can search it as both pot and cocaine are illegal. We don't have to know what it is, we just have to be reasonably sure it is illegal. (Even then we won't KNOW until the chemical testing months away. Those snap ampules with reagents don't prove it is the drug, but that it could be.) Now, say the dog is trained for cocaine and pot in a pot-legal state. When the dog sits, do we still have probable cause to believe a crime is being committed?

so I can't imagine there would be many felons SUCCESSFULLY claiming 'unfair search' after being caught with something illegal after a search predicated upon an alert by a dog which happens to have obsolete training in addition to it's training for other substances which are still currently illegal.
Lots of evidence gets tossed through the years so someone must be successfully claiming an illegal, unconstitutional, unreasonable searches that are also unfair. (Although "fairness" has nothing to do with it.)

You guys are changing your laws, if you can't do that without being flexible enough to avoid destroying innocent dogs or incarcerating innocent people I despair.
I'm not advocating destroying the dogs. However, until they are retrained, they are not useful for getting probable cause to search for illegal drugs.


And please don't put words in my mouth.
I did not say, or suggest that probable cause should be abandoned or police allowed to search without it, or even that dogs should not be used, those are YOUR words @OldNewbie not mine, please don't twist my meaning.
Words explain the concept. YOUR words don't reflect probable cause jurisprudence. If we were to act as you suggest, the concept of probable cause is no longer as it is understood. So, you kinda did say probable cause (at least as it is understood today) should be abandoned.

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(Assuming the U.S. Since you're from Canada, case law, while probably much the same, is certainly not exactly the same and the concepts may be more like England that has a very different set of search and seizure rules.)
 
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Morty

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Kansas City man guilty of murder after a fight over the price of marijuana

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article214831625.html

Shit's rough out here in the Midwest. :lol: I wonder how much old boy was trying to charge ? Probably some of that untested Cali weed that was supposed to be destroyed by July 1st that's flooding the market around here.

https://herb.co/marijuana/news/california-cannabis-control-destroy-july/

But don't worry. They'll still wanna charge you double or triple the normal $ b/c it's from Cali or CO. 'Cause if it's from Cali or CO, it's gotta be the absolute best top shelf bomb ass weed ever to exist...right ? Had one guy try to sell me a g of some straight black non see through shatter a few months back. For only $60 a gram! Eat shit! Bunch of fuckheads out here.

And that's why the Mor-T break rolls on!
 

macbill

Oh No! Mr macbill!!
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Mmmmmm.......... Bacon.........Mom, have you seen my bacon?
Police: Marijuana disguised as 'bacon'


Body camera video shows how police discovered while searching a teenager's bookbag, a plastic container that looked like a package of bacon from a grocery store but held half an ounce of marijuana.

Police called the bag a "Stink Sack," purchased and used by marijuana smokers to hide the pungent smell.
 

C No Ego

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how is it any of that guys business what lube people use... ? WTF!
 

grampa_herb

Epstein didn't kill himself
The Real-Life Diet of Al Harrington, Weed Ambassador of the NBA
When Al Harrington saw the medication lined up on his grandmother’s counter that she used to deal with diabetes, glaucoma, and a variety of other ailments, the former NBA player has a suggestion for Grandma: Perhaps medical marijuana could be a helpful alternative. Harrington spoke from experience. The 16-year veteran suffered a variety of injuries over the course of his career, many of which required surgery, and to deal with some of the post-procedure pain, he had treated himself with cannabis. She listened, and afterwards, she told Harrington she was able to see clearly and read the Bible with no trouble for the first time in three years.
 

macbill

Oh No! Mr macbill!!
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Utah group says medical marijuana ballot initiative violates Mormons’ religious freedom
An anti-marijuana group has filed a lawsuit arguing that a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana violates their freedom of religion.

To make their case, the group is citing the Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which allowed a Colorado baker to refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple due to a religious objection. This is the group’s second lawsuit to keep the proposal off the ballot this November.
 
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verdampersweats

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how is it any of that guys business what lube people use... ? WTF!

I bet if you look into him he is a deviant a smoker or a drinker Cannabis lube will be so good how did this idiot get here in the first place?

Why can they not just admit it was and is here intentionally for infinite uses. Maybe he invested into some Saudi petroleum jelly?!
 
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grampa_herb

Epstein didn't kill himself
Utah group says medical marijuana ballot initiative violates Mormons’ religious freedom
An anti-marijuana group has filed a lawsuit arguing that a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana violates their freedom of religion.

To make their case, the group is citing the Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which allowed a Colorado baker to refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple due to a religious objection. This is the group’s second lawsuit to keep the proposal off the ballot this November.

How come those cats in Utah just don't use? It ain't mandatory.

How bizarre. In CO it's about compelling someone to do something against their will. They don't have a good lawyer. :lol:
 
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