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Re:The Opioid Detection Challenge by hluska on Monday March 25, 2019 @07:19PM (#19487712)
I hope this isn’t a stupid question, but what about dogs? Are dogs fast enough for airports but too slow for mail?
Re:The Opioid Detection Challenge by sudosteph on Monday March 25, 2019 @07:21PM (#19487726)
One of their reference links (https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/05/25/written-testimony-cbp-se...) does mention that they are piloting a study to see if dogs can detect fetanyl, but I'm guessing it's either not going great, or they just want to explore some other options.
Re:The Opioid Detection Challenge by kranner on Monday March 25, 2019 @08:03PM (#19487986)
Hopefully this doesn't mean they just killed a lot of dogs from inhaled Fentanyl.
Re:The Opioid Detection Challenge by hluska on Monday March 25, 2019 @08:04PM (#19487992)
Thanks for the link - I greatly appreciate the help!
Re:The Opioid Detection Challenge by Nasrudith on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @04:04AM (#19489984)
Aside from signal om demand training issues airtight sealing defeats them - let alone ones which don't have a discernible scent.
Re:The Opioid Detection Challenge by b1r6 on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @10:08AM (#19491940)
This is a crucial point. Vendors these days (at least the good ones) properly package their goods with vapor barrier vacuum-sealed bags. Even better, some use Mylar bags which provide a nice metallic aluminum barrier.

You could hold a Mylar bag of weed up to a well-trained drug dog, and it would not trigger. (Unless commanded to falsely by the officer, of course :)