Sniffer Dogs Detecting Drugs in Kids' Bedrooms
Parents Can Hire Sniff Dogs in NJ to Find Narcotics in a Teen's Room
Oct 24, 2008
At some point, many parents will wonder "Is my child using drugs?" or "How do I know if my teen is using drugs?" Fortunately, there's a great new way to answer these difficult questions about teen drug use. Parents can now hire a private drug sniffing dog service.
It's no secret that the dog's nose "knows" when it comes to locating drugs and other "sniffer dog" services, like explosives detection, cadaver location, suspect tracking and even skin cancer detection. The dog's nose is thousands of times more powerful than a human's, making the dog's olfactory abilities ideal for drug detection and other types of searching.
Now, parents and even employers are putting the dog's nose to work in locating illicit drugs in the home, office, and other workplaces by hiring a sniff dog service.
How it Works: Sniff Dogs and Other Commercial Drug Detection Companies
Sniff Dogs is a New Jersey-based company that can be hired by parents to come search a teen's (or partner's) bedroom, car, and belongings for signs of drug use. These drug dogs for hire are trained to detect drugs like marijuana, ecstacy, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and even prescription drugs like Xanax.
According to the Sniff Dogs website, "Sniff Dogs sets up an appointment for a trained and certified canine and its handler to visit your premises to check for the presence of drugs. In the event of a positive alert, Sniff Dogs provides you with resources and information to deal with your situation privately. Both the visit and the outcome are totally confidential."
The trained drug detection dogs can locate drugs hidden in a child's bedroom, and even drug residue. In many cases, the dog may also hit on clothing worn by a teen who is in the immediate vicinity of marijuana smoke, helping parents to determine if the teen is in the presence of illicit drug users.
The Benefits of Hiring a Commercial Sniffer Dog Service
There are a few very significant benefits associated with hiring a professional sniffer dog and handler.
First and most importantly, companies like Sniff Dogs and other similar commercial sniffer dog services are not affiliated with law enforcement, which provides parents an opportunity to handle the situation without the intervention of the police department, court system, or the department of social services.
A sniffer dog service enables the parent to handle a potentially life-threatening drug use situation without the embarrassment and the financial burden associated with hiring a lawyer to defend a teen drug user in the event that he or she is arrested. The teen drug user is also saved from the stigma of a criminal record that includes drug charges, which may prevent a recovered drug user from getting a good job in the future.
Dr. Alan Silverman, a family physician in the Boston area, also weighed in on sniffer dog services: "Sometimes, it's not always obvious that a child is using drugs. The parent may only have a vague suspicion and the parent of a suspected teen drug user may not feel comfortable approaching the child without more evidence or proof of drug use. But if you wait for more evidence to arise, this leaves the parent stuck in limbo as an enabler. And meanwhile, the child is using drugs, causing emotional and social damage, and harm to himself or others. A drug detection dog service provides a parent with the proof he needs early on, before things progress to a more serious level. Drug use is not a situation that improves on its own. In the vast majority of cases, if you ignore a teen's drug use, it will only get worse. The key is acting as soon as possible."
Parents who opt to hire the services of a sniffer dog can also avoid the potential damage to their relationship that may occur if the parent wrongly accuses a child, partner or other family member of drug use.
Like all other valuable services that involve staff with a high degree of training, a visit from a commercial sniffer dog won't come cheap. The average price is about $200 per hour to have a sniffer dog and trained handler perform a search for drugs and signs of drug use.
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