8 Places Sniffer Dogs Should Be Deployed Instead Of Cracking Down On Music Festivals

Just in the interests of fairness.

by Junkee 23 October 2018

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Ok, let’s get one thing straight from the start: sniffer dogs are bad. We know they don’t work, and they’re ridiculously expensive. But, despite this, governments seem intent on continuing its failed policies — like punishing people for carrying a small amount of drugs, and refusing to implement pill testing.

But if governments insist on continuing with unworkable policies, then we here at Junkee thought we’d help out. So, in the interests of fairness, we’ve drawn up this handy list of places that we feel are a little under-represented right now.

We’re not saying that all of the people at these events take drugs, or even that they deserve to be targeted — it’s just that if you’re going to insist on using sniffer dogs, they shouldn’t just be used to target punters at music festivals.

So, here are just a few places that maybe the cops could consider deploying sniffer dogs, y’know, in the interest of fairness.