Investigators Use 'Nasal Ranger' Smelloscope To Help Crackdown On Pot Smokers [View all]

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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

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