“Schools have been blindsided by the skyrocketing popularity of e-cigarette use among students,” said Mark Chmielinski, president of 3DK9 Detection Services. “There are so many styles of vaping devices and their sweet aromas make them difficult for school officials to detect.”
In addition, a new study by Stanford University indicates that students who are users of nicotine and so-called vape pens are seven times more likely to contract Covid-19.
He added, “Using consistent school safety sweeps, our handlers and nicotine-sniffing dogs will blanket entire campuses including lockers, classrooms, school buses and surrounding grounds. We can conduct searches during or after school and at school events. And we can work with schools of all sizes.”
Information from the Centers for Disease Control (cdc.gov) lists a variety of potential dangers to children from vaping. It says e-cigarette aerosol is not harmless “water vapor” and that the e-cigarette aerosol that users breathe from the device and exhale can contain harmful and potentially harmful substances, including: nicotine, ultrafine particles that can be inhaled deep into the lungs, chemical flavorings linked to a serious lung disease, volatile organic compounds, cancer-causing chemicals, and heavy metals such as nickel, tin, and lead.
These alarming statistics are prompting schools, teachers, and administrators to identify and implement additional measures against vaping and vape pens within school property. 3DK9 uses friendly, highly trained detection dogs to safely and effectively locate, and thus prevent, the use of narcotics and vape pens in schools.
Can drug dogs tell if your high?
It was started this year by Debra Stone, who says her five trained dogs can detect heroin, cocaine, crystal meth and ecstasy. The dogs’ noses are so sensitive that they can smell a marijuana seed from up to 15 feet away and marijuana residue on clothing from drugs smoked two nights before.
Chewy is trained to alert Morrison when he smells narcotics, specifically meth and marijuana. He can also detect oxycodone, cocaine, Adderall and Spice.
Airport K9s are usually specialists, only there to sniff out explosives. Their job is serious and airports prefer that only police officers handle these Service Trained Canines (K9), to ensure that proper action can be taken immediately if a dog signals a potential issue.
The dogs are trained to pick up the scent of marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamines and ecstasy. They can also detect beer and liquor and prescription medications, such as Vicodin, Percocet and Oxycontin. The dogs also sniff out ammunition, fire crackers and pipe bombs.
Signs Dogs Can Smell a Juul
Dogs are able to detect a wide variety of substances related to the illegal sale and distribution of drugs. One study of a police dog training program in Texas reported that dogs have the ability to identify drug-tainted currency, as well as marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, LSD, and peyote.
Some dogs are trained to alert their handler with barking, while others are not. Common “alerts” are: touching their noses to the area where the drugs are hidden, sitting in front of the location and staying there until their handler comes by, or digging/pawing at the location of the scent.
However, drug-detection dogs are taught to smell and locate various narcotics and illegal drugs. Because tobacco and nicotine are not illegal substances, it is unlikely that your average drug-detection dog will alert their handler over a scent coming from a juul.
Even if your dog isnt a drug-detection dog, our pups are extremely observant creatures and gather a lot of information based on human behavior, mood, posture, and emotions. Dogs are able to detect acute, tiny changes in physiology because every change in our bodies gives off a particular odor. These scents, although impossible for us to smell, are easily picked up by our pups.
For instance, when humans consume alcohol or marijuana, humans may exhibit behavioral changes. On top of the smell of alcohol on your breath or the potent smell of marijuana, it is highly likely your pup notices the different behavior. Even further, researchers note that dogs can smell the high blood pressure in an individual that has used methamphetamines! If thats not a superpower, then we dont know what is.
Here are some signs you may notice if you pup picks up a scent from a juul:
These are some other signs you may notice if you pooch catches a whiff of your juul:
FAQ
Do drug dogs smell nicotine vape?
Do drug dogs pick up nicotine?
Can you detect nicotine? The answer is yes. Our K9’s sniff out every drug you can imagine like cocaine, heroin, marijuana, MDMA, and Amphetamines to name a few. However with the rise of products like Juul’s parents, schools, and administrators are worried about vaping.