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Drug Dog Breeds. Surprisingly, these canines are also used as support dogs in therapy. These dogs can detect illegal things like weeds, drugs, cocaine, and heroin.

Efficacy of drug detection by fullytrained police dogs
Efficacy of drug detection by fullytrained police dogs from nationalcanineresearchcouncil.com

This mutation has been detected in more than 10 purebred dog breeds as well as in mixed breed dogs. “if you test it in a beagle, it’s fine,” but in a herding dog the same drug could be lethal. In a domestic situation, dogs are pets to the average citizen but in the police force, there are certain dog breeds that are chosen and trained from birth, bred into instruments in order to assist them in various different duties and tasks that being a police officer would entail.