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To: skr
If a two-legged law officer's nose detects marijuana, is that counted as probable cause to search a car?

Question: If a two legged officer's nose can detect marijuana, why use dogs?

417 posted on 01/24/2005 1:24:57 PM PST by Huck (I only type LOL when I'm really LOL.)
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To: Huck

Humans can detect smoked marijuana on clothing, hair, etc. Dogs can detect unsmoked marijuana inside containers. My meaning wasn't that humans would deliberately take on the role of drug-sniffing canines, just that if an officer smells marijuana from the clothing of a person, would that be probable cause to search a car? I'm curious as to how much common sense, along with observing constitutional rights, is involved in the process.


566 posted on 01/24/2005 9:45:25 PM PST by skr (Tagline pending)
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