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Dope scope sniffs out illegal marijuana odour
This story was published: 6 hours agoNovember 15, 201310:57AM
NOW that marijuana is legal in some US states the fun police are trying to make its odour illegal.
That's right, police in Denver have passed a new "odour ordinance" that carries a fine of up to $2000 for people found guilty of polluting the atmosphere with the smell of the old icky-sticky green stuff, The Denver Postreported.
The new law could make it a crime to smoke marijuana in your own home if the odour wafts out onto the street.
Denver police are spending thousands of tax payer dollars investing in "dope scopes" known formally as Nasal Rangers that help them detect, "measure" (and we use that term loosely) and map marijuana smells.
The device looks like a giant megaphone, for your nose. To quote Vice Magazine"it's less of a measuring instrument and more of a tube with varying sized holes and two filters at the end".
Some of the air you inhale through the dope scope is filtered through charcoal and some isn't, basically allowing the user to measure at what level the scent becomes detectable.
Ben Siller an investigator from the Denver Department of Environmental Health told The Denver Post that the ratio of gross to clean air must be at least 7:1 for the odour to be illegal.
However, the device still relies on the cop's sense of smell, meaning that there is no base standard from which to measure the odorous offence.
The Nasal Ranger costs $1,500 and with three training courses offered by the manufacturer as well as its "Odour Track'r Program" which allows the police to store the odour inspection details along GPS coordinates on Google Earth, police departments could be spending up to as much as $3,500 for the device
This story was published: 6 hours agoNovember 15, 201310:57AM
NOW that marijuana is legal in some US states the fun police are trying to make its odour illegal.
That's right, police in Denver have passed a new "odour ordinance" that carries a fine of up to $2000 for people found guilty of polluting the atmosphere with the smell of the old icky-sticky green stuff, The Denver Postreported.
The new law could make it a crime to smoke marijuana in your own home if the odour wafts out onto the street.
Denver police are spending thousands of tax payer dollars investing in "dope scopes" known formally as Nasal Rangers that help them detect, "measure" (and we use that term loosely) and map marijuana smells.
The device looks like a giant megaphone, for your nose. To quote Vice Magazine"it's less of a measuring instrument and more of a tube with varying sized holes and two filters at the end".
Some of the air you inhale through the dope scope is filtered through charcoal and some isn't, basically allowing the user to measure at what level the scent becomes detectable.
Ben Siller an investigator from the Denver Department of Environmental Health told The Denver Post that the ratio of gross to clean air must be at least 7:1 for the odour to be illegal.
However, the device still relies on the cop's sense of smell, meaning that there is no base standard from which to measure the odorous offence.
The Nasal Ranger costs $1,500 and with three training courses offered by the manufacturer as well as its "Odour Track'r Program" which allows the police to store the odour inspection details along GPS coordinates on Google Earth, police departments could be spending up to as much as $3,500 for the device
Money well spent I would say.