Stop the Drug War (DRCNet) is an international organization working for an end to drug prohibition worldwide and for interim policy reform in US drug laws and criminal justice system. Defense attorneys in Florida’s Sarasota and Manatee counties are challenging the reliability of drug dog “hits” in drug possession and trafficking cases. Thanks to the US Supreme Court, which bizarrely ruled that a drug dog search is not a search, no search warrant or probable cause is needed for police to sic the dogs on unwary travelers. In one case reported by the Tampa Tribune , a now-retired drug dog named Talon “alerted” on every single vehicle he sniffed during a four-month period — even though drugs were found in less than half of them. read more

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