RCMP narcotics detection dogs are being trained to find a new and highly dangerous drug called fentanyl.
That drug is an opioid around 100 times more powerful than morphine that has been connected with a rising number of overdoses and deaths across the country.
Staff Sergeant Eric Stebenne is a senior trainer at their facility in Alberta, and he says the dogs are being trained with a special liquid form of fentanyl.
He says this removes the risk of the dogs accidentally inhaling any during training, adding this method will make the dogs far more effective in the field.
The training for all 139 RCMP narcotics dog teams is expected to be completed by the middle of July.
