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posted by janrinok on Thursday May 10 2018, @03:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the dumb-reasons-for-status-quo dept.

Reason and the WaPost as well as many other sites are still rolling on the floor laughing at the assertion made by Chad Larner, the director of Maron County's K-9 Training Academy.

In a bid to protest legalization, the Illinois police have threatened to kill their dogs if marijuana is legalized. This could mean euthanizing hundreds of dogs trained to sniff out marijuana and other illegal substances.

Chad Larner claims:

Chad Larner, dismissed the idea of retraining dogs, saying it would amount to "extreme abuse" to change their mindset. K-9s are rewarded for successfully alerting to the presence of narcotics, and they continue to train regularly with their handlers for a suggested minimum of 16 hours a month.

[...] Because many K-9s are trained not to be social so their work won't be affected, Larner said a number of dogs would likely have to be euthanized.

While at the same time claiming the dogs are trained for many roles:

There are about 275 certified narcotic detection K-9s in Illinois, Larner said. Most of the dogs are dual-purpose, meaning they are trained to find drugs and to track and apprehend suspects and missing persons.


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday May 10 2018, @02:31PM (7 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 10 2018, @02:31PM (#677879) Journal

    Uhhhhmmmmm - despite my position on legalizing the stuff, I recognize that only losers are going to spend their hard earned money to get high. Alcohol is already legal, and it takes a real loser to drink his liver into shutdown. Getting drunk every weekend is one good definition of a loser.

    MEDICAL marijuana has my full support. Legalizing recreational use has my support, only because the authoritarians lack any legitimate authority to wage war on citizens doing stupid stuff.

    There is no reason to get high with a bunch of losers, in hopes that those losers will like you better.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @03:07PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @03:07PM (#677896)

    No winners smoke pot. Hahaha.

    Dopeheads. You really have no clue what pot is.

    There are methheads. There are crack addicts. There are even drunks. An pillheads.

    But those I know who use pot are nothing like what you seem to imply.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday May 10 2018, @03:40PM (5 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 10 2018, @03:40PM (#677923) Journal

      Pot smokers are well known to be laid back, easy going, maybe even lethargic. They don't go apeshit crazy, and attack SWAT teams. They don't leap out of 30th floor windows, trying to fly. But, they are losers, anyway. Your potsmoker is likely to hold a minimum wage job, and show up for work, where he mostly does the minimum required to get through the day. I've seen them come, I've seen them go, one after another.

      Not ALL pot smokers fall into this category, but it seems the majority do. Losers.

      Of course, it is not necessary to smoke pot to be a loser, it just helps some.

      • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:01PM

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:01PM (#677947) Journal

        Wow.

        For a second there, I thought you were describing gamers.

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        People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by sjames on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:04PM (1 child)

        by sjames (2882) on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:04PM (#677950) Journal

        You are suffering selection bias. Since it has been illegal so long, most people who use it make some effort to keep it hidden. So most of the people you know use marijuana are those who didn't have it together enough to manage that. There are plenty of people with their shit together who also use it, but you have no idea.

        Kinda like many people enjoy an alcoholic beverage or two in their home or a corner bar. The people you see passed out on a park bench or lurching down the sidewalk too drunk to walk are not particularly representative of all people who use alcohol.

        • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:34PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:34PM (#677983)

          This. Probably 30% of people I know use weed weekly. And it is easily 50-60% if it is monthly. Most like it cause no calories or hangover. All have jobs. Hard to afford the 300-500k townhouses in this area doing these so called stoner jobs.

      • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:20PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @04:20PM (#677964)

        Guess I have not seen these. Also not really sure what makes a loser.

        Had a friend who was an adrenalin junkie. He died during a jump. Over 200 and yet dead. We used to laugh about danger. So many free climbs or insane tree skiing or motorbikes. So much enjoyment. Pushing things for no reason. I became a dad. No longer push much. Maybe my daughters sports car here or there. Life is still good.

        Still can't help but think though his life was "wasted" (whatever that means) since he died at 26. But I know all to well he might still be doing what we did if it was me dead. He would be a dad too. Perhaps it is me who isn't living so much these days.

        Maybe I need to get back to that.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:24PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:24PM (#678170)
        Dude - anecdotal evidence to invalidate your claims: I've been smoking for over 45 years, have been gainfully employed for most of that time, and currently earn 6 figures as a system administrator for a science establishment. All pot smokers are not losers.