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"Deploying sniffer dogs in schools could help reduce drug abuse among children, researchers in Britain said on Wednesday.
Almost all participating pupils, parents and teachers approved of trials in schools in Buckinghamshire, where sniffer dogs roamed school grounds, the John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety said.
'We found that between 95 and 98 percent welcomed the initiative and would support it happening again,' researcher Clive Harfield told Reuters.
Civil liberty groups have criticised using sniffer dogs to police the public but Harfield said such concerns had been taken into account.
'This is not criminalising school children,' he said. 'This is about keeping drugs out of schools, not kids out of schools.'
However, while the overall response was positive, one in five respondents said a fear of dogs might pose a problem.
According to a 2001 survey by Britain's National Centre for Social Research, 12 percent of pupils aged 12-15 said they had used illegal drugs in the last month and 20 percent had used them in the last year"
