Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Our Marijuana Dogs. As most states did, Ohio declared the use of marijuana illegal. As most states did, they trained police dogs to sniff out the stuff. As many states have, recreational marijuana use is now legal. What to do with these steno-olfactory, well trained dogs? The attempt to retrain these dogs with a very exaggerated specific sense, Proved to be too difficult--were they too habituated like their human counterparts? At any rate, the only fate for these dogs is complete retirement, Just as we retire our protective military and police dogs. Thankfully, there are human activists who attempt to maintain A just end for the lives of these canine coworkers (do they have a choice?). Yet another example of the ever-closer coevolution of humans With our wolf-descendent-dog companions. Frank Maurer 26 February 2024 0845 Hours.