Police already patrol self storage places with dogs. The owner of the facility lets them on the property and lets the dogs sniff around the doorways. Although a person has an expectation of privacy for things within the storage room, it has been ruled that any scents (even if it takes a dog to detect them) that emanate from the room are not private.
Ending the war on drugs is really the only way to stop the assault on our liberties.
Ending the war on drugs is really the only way to stop the assault on our liberties.True. Effectively fighting the "War on(some)Drugs" will require even more infringements on our rights than we see even now...indeed stuff that unquestionably violates the Bill of Rights will be neccesary.
Status quo means that this lucrative trade is dominated by the most violent and unscrupulous people possible. It inevitably makes them rich and powerful, and enables them to corrupt our institutions.
The best solution is obvious, especially since we've been through this once before. Unfortunately, now we have the "forfeiture" laws. If we had had these laws during Prohibition, we'd probably still have Prohibition.
-Eric