It comes as a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into methamphetamine, known as ice, prepares to table one of the nation's most extensive reports on the drug.

The 1000-page report contains 50 recommendations on how the government should reduce the drug's harm.

In the meantime, the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Kim Wells, said the government would send 11 drug dogs across the state to help crack down on ice and drug use.

Eight dogs, called passive alert detection dogs, will be based in major country areas for the first time, while three more will go to the metropolitan region at a cost of $1.6 million over four years.

Police are yet to determine which regional centres the dogs would go to, but Mr Wells' office flagged the western region, which includes Ballarat, Geelong or Mildura, and the eastern region, which encompasses Shepparton, Wodonga and Seymour.

Mr Wells said the dogs - capable of detecting ice, speed, heroin, cannabis, ecstasy and GHB - will allow police to carry-out more raids and break-up more clandestine laboratories.

"Make no mistake - if you make or deal in drugs you will be caught. Those additional PAD dogs will assist Victoria Police in targeted drug operations and the execution of search warrants across the state," Mr Wells said.

Victoria Police already has 45 dogs in the squad used for tasks such as firearms and explosive detection, search and rescue and tracking. At the moment there are nine specialist drug dogs.

"For the majority of the time, the dogs live with their handlers at different locations around the state. They are deployed daily to assist with police matters," Dog Squad acting Inspector Charmaine Hosking said.

"We welcome the government's announcement which provides the Dog Squad with more resources to detect and fight the issue of drugs in our society."