" Good dog -- hope he got a cookie...

If you want to see a happy dog, look at a K9 after he does something good like this. I've seen it happen at SFO, the dog goes nuts for a while afterward. :) "

" Just a little to clever weren't they...not for man's best friend whiskey. -:) "

" So you want to ba a drug dealer? Okay lets begin. First you should be certian that the vehicle you are using to transport your drugs is up to the current vehicle codes and that you have a valid drivers license and insurance. Drive by the book and obey all traffic laws. This will help avoid awkward conversations with police officers. Never drive under the influence of the drugs you are soliciting or alcohol. This will help you remember the rules of the road. Being addicted to the drugs you are trying to sell can significantly cut into your profit margin. Selling drugs to strangers is a high risk venture. Your customer may be an undercover police officer. Selling drugs from your home is also a high risk venture. Your neighbors will notice all the traffic coming and going from your house. Make sure to look out your window every time you hear a car door outside your home, no matter what time of day or night. It's a competitive world out there and some of your competition may be a local gang. Be polite and observe the gang related graffiti around you. Never accept checks or credit cards, they leave behind a very messy paper trail. Setting aside free samples is a great way to expand your customer base. Offer discount rates based on volume. WOW, this seems like a lot of work. I think I'll just get a regular day job. "

" Congratulations Whiskey!
I am sparking a fatty in your honor right now! Bet you can smell this all the way in American Canyon! But you wont find my stash! "

" I've never understood how drug sniffing dogs aren't a violation of our fourth amendment...citizens' right to "be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures …"

The keyword is "unreasonable" searches. The police get away with it by saying they smelled the marijuana, thereby justifying the search.

That dog, whether good at its job or not, is searching without consent. "

" Thanks for the tips, B-Side. I'll remember that next time I'm on the corner slingin'. "

" Just pokin' some fun at the stupidity of drug dealing. "

" I like how the posts were "hallow" and not "hollow" .... :D "

" KK, hopefully you're being serious about wanting to know why dogs aren't an invasion of privacy or why they don't constitute unreasonable searches. In this case, I'm guessing that the smell of the drugs caused "reasonable suspicion" (there's that reasonable word) to continue detention and to see if there's something more to go on to conduct a search.

Case law says that odor of burned marijuana alone is not enough for a full search of a vehicle, but odor coupled with ANY other factor can be enough to search a vehicle -- it's up the officer to be able to articulate that. Maybe it's personal knowledge that the guy has had previous drug charges, or there's a pipe in the console, or even marijuana leaf stickers on the car or something like that. The idea is that the cop needs to have some suspicion that a crime is in progress (possession). Odor of burned marijuana by itself is suspicion of a PAST crime (since the drugs are already burned up).

Also, odor is not private and is not protected by our fourth amendment. Dog's detect odor and point their snouts in the direction of the strongest concentration of that odor. Officers are the ones that take the car apart looking for the source. :) "

" We'll leave aside for a moment the fact that the current "war" against pot is a ridiculous failure for our entire society. Let's move right on to how many Americans don't see a problem with things like "checkpoints" and having "the dogs" come sniffing around any old time. Sure, it doesn't affect you now, so it probably never will, right?

Oh, goodness, you can't be that horribly ignorant of history, can you? "

" B-Side/Baraki: nice writes- good read!
Thx! "

" In related news:

A thief was nabbed this evening by Gin and Vermouth, or as the officers like to refer to the two, Martini. The two dogs followed the scent of the robber, and cornered him in an alley. "

" Hey! Whiskey sold me some bad pot last week! I hope it wasn't from this bust I had to pay 6 bones and a chew toy. Man these days it's hard to get high. "

" He had a ruff day! "

" If you want to be a drug dealer you also have to win over the government and pay them a lot of taxes. Having a good name and commercials such as one's with pretty horses playing football or the white capped Rocky mountains heps as well. Just a couple examples of how to make the drug look hip and cool.
Again why are alcohol and cigarettes legal and not marijuana? I don't smoke it anymore but I can tell you that my friends who smoke mary jane don't get crazy, wild, violent, or anything like that the way some of them do off alcohol. I've seen about 90 episodes of the TV show Intervention and not once have they had an intervention for somebody addicted to Marijuana. "

" Whiskey, you're a cool doggie, you can be my mascot any time! Great job!!! "

" i wonder if a dog named cannabis can smell a bottle of whiskey in my car? "

" Busting people for dealing and using pot is a waste of valuable resources. "