Drug-sniffing dogs being trained to not point out marijuana

BREMERTON, Washington (AP):

Law enforcers in a Washington dog training facility are currently training drug-sniffing dogs to not point out marijuana during searches.



A 19-month-old black Labrador, walked past a pipe full of marijuana during a recent police search of a house.



The Labador is the newest drug-sniffing dog on the police force in Bremerton, near Seattle, in Washington state being trained to not point out marijuana during searches.



Other police departments are considering or in the midst of re-training their dogs to ignore marijuana as well, part of the new reality in a state where voters last fall legalised marijuana use.



Police departments in Bremerton, Bellevue and Seattle, as well as the Washington State Patrol, have either put the dogs through marijuana desensitisation training or plan not to train them for marijuana detection.



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