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		Maybestring on May 1, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Difficulty of Untraining Drug Dogs How to Smel... There may even have been incentives to turn other crimes into drug charges. DEA grants to local law enforcement tied drug convictions.

TheSpiceIsLife on May 2, 2018 [–]

Some police officers will even plant drugs at the scene of a crime.[1]

It would be trivial for a police officer to carry a bag of marijuana/ cocaine / amphetamine and arrest anyone they like for possession.

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/us/baltimore-officer-vide...

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