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cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:06 PM Nov 2013

Investigators Use 'Nasal Ranger' Smelloscope To Help Crackdown On Pot Smokers

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NOT FROM THE ONION!

When there's some strange smell in your neighborhood, who are you going to call?

The Nasal Ranger! That's who.

"Futurama's" Professor Farnsworth isn't the only one with a powerful smelloscope. In Denver, when a complaint is filed about marijuana odor in an area, the Department of Public Health's Ben Siller is called out with his field olafactometer to sniff around and see if the law has been broken.

Siller told 7News that he's mostly called out to smell marijuana odor complaints from businesses that grow marijuana, not from marijuana smokers enjoying some legal weed in the privacy of their own homes.

Siller, who has been investigating odor complaints for 26 years, uses the department's Nasal Ranger device to determine how strong the odor is and if a violation has occurred -- which it turns out is rare. The Denver Post reports that the odor has to reach a level of 8:1 or greater which can mean a fine of up to $2,000. But that hasn't happened since 1994.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/11/company-develops-nasal-ra_n_4256193.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Enjoy!

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Investigators Use 'Nasal Ranger' Smelloscope To Help Crackdown On Pot Smokers (Original Post) cynatnite Nov 2013 OP
bwahahahahahahaaaa spanone Nov 2013 #1
Gas, Grass, or Ass? That is the question. :) adirondacker Nov 2013 #2
Wow, I cook up a mean chili. JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #3
Make sure Not to soak the beans! adirondacker Nov 2013 #4
Have these "complainers" ever been in a Politicalboi Nov 2013 #5
Wow, just what we need Blue Owl Nov 2013 #6
DUzy! n/t cynatnite Nov 2013 #11
Who will be the first person to accidentally smell a fart with that machine? Taitertots Nov 2013 #7
There is a Fabulous Furry Freak Bros cartoon over 40 yrs ago... Eleanors38 Nov 2013 #8
Isn't patchouli and bong water enough of a tip-off? Throd Nov 2013 #9
He's not looking for pot users but industrial pot growers jmowreader Nov 2013 #10

JimboBillyBubbaBob

(1,389 posts)
3. Wow, I cook up a mean chili.
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:10 PM
Nov 2013

Some of that with a few beers and I bet I could make that olfactometer ding a time or two.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
5. Have these "complainers" ever been in a
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:55 PM
Nov 2013

Nail Salon? Poor babies. Do those that drink beer think about the shit smell breweries produce for families who live near by. I wonder if that guy can smell a fart in the wind.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
8. There is a Fabulous Furry Freak Bros cartoon over 40 yrs ago...
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 12:23 AM
Nov 2013

that beat this Smell-o-rama Fearless Fossdick by a mile. Does anyone know the toon, and can it be linked?

jmowreader

(50,566 posts)
10. He's not looking for pot users but industrial pot growers
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 01:15 AM
Nov 2013

A lot of industries that produce strong fumes have to install environmental control technologies. They've got machines that can detect illegal levels of solvents and the like, but you have to use a nose amplifier like this one to detect cannabis.

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