Can drug sniffing dogs detect RCs?

[rollinwhite]

I've read that drug sniffing dogs are only trained on relatively common drugs like cocaine, heroin, cannabis etc.
What are the chances that they are able to also sniff out novel tryptamines, phenethylamines, dissociatives or lysergamides?

 

[Jabberwocky]

Dogs have to be trained on each drug.

That said, it will probably alert on you for MJ, then you get searched.

This is actually an issue in some jurisdictions where MJ is legal.

A dog can't tell the handler WHAT drug it alerted to. If a dog has been trained to alert to MJ and other drugs, any alerts by that dog COULD be ruled inadmissible because there is no probable cause to search based on MJ.

 

[VerbalTruist]

I've read that drug sniffing dogs are only trained on relatively common drugs like cocaine, heroin, cannabis etc.
What are the chances that they are able to also sniff out novel tryptamines, phenethylamines, dissociatives or lysergamides?

Asked and answered. @shugenja is spot on here. To add, they are very unlikely to be trained for novel substances. Perhaps the more common ones. Dogs can be trained for something like 20+ substances if they’re good.