Can drug dogs smell xanax?

Dogs aren't trained for medications but illicit drugs. If they were able to smell benzodiazepines the dogs would bark 24/7. There are so many people with genuine prescriptions for these kind of medications, it's highly cost ineffective to train dogs for prescription medications. read more

Dogs have not been trained to smell medications such as Xanax because many people use these types of medication and they are often prescribed by a medical professional. Furthermore, these substances are around in more abundance, so dogs would be detecting these medications very frequently. read more