The police dog trainer, who said he believed that drug-sniffing dogs would have to be euthanized if the marijuana law passes in Illinois, has officially retracted his statement.  Decatur Police Detective Chad Larner stated earlier this week that if marijuana was made legal inside the state, the dogs trained to detect narcotics would have to be euthanized, because they could not be retrained.  Many experts have stated that this is not the case and the Decatur Police Chief stated on Wednesday that Officer Larner wish he had not made the statement, calling it “a bad choice of words.”  In other states where marijuana was legalized, the dogs were normally reassigned or retired and adopted.  The handlers were normally the one’s who adopted their K-9’s.  Most K-9 unit dogs are also trained at tracking suspects, an apprehension, missing-person searches and explosives-detection, which are all not trained to search for narcotics.  Illinois is considering a vote to become the 10th state to legalize marijuana for recreational use.  Consequences have been recently lightened in Illinois.  Possession of up to 10 grams of cannabis is now a civil offense, punishable by a small fine and medical marijuana is currently legal, with a limited list of qualifying conditions.  A recent poll indicated that about 66-percent of Illinois residents support the legalization of marijuana.