Where are drug paraphernalia sold?Where are drug paraphernalia sold?What are drug paraphernalia?What are drug paraphernalia?

Are drug paraphernalia illegal?Are drug paraphernalia illegal?

What do drug paraphernalia look like?What do drug paraphernalia look like?What are drug paraphernalia?

The term drug paraphernalia refersto any equipment that is used toproduce, conceal, and consume illicitdrugs. It includes but is not limited toitems such as bongs, roach clips,miniature spoons, and various typesof pipes.

Under federal law the term drugparaphernalia means “any equipment,product or material of any kind whichis primarily intended or designed foruse in manufacturing, compounding,converting, concealing, producing,processing, preparing, injecting,ingesting, inhaling, or otherwiseintroducing into the human body acontrolled substance.”

Where are drug paraphernalia sold?

Are drug paraphernalia illegal?

Drug paraphernalia can beobtained through various means.Many large manufacturers markettheir products over the Internet andthrough mail-order businesses. Inaddition, drug paraphernalia fre-quently are sold at tobacco shops,trendy gift and novelty shops, gasstations, and convenience stores.

Yes, drug paraphernalia are illegal.The drug paraphernalia statute, U.S.Code Title 21 Section 863, makes it“unlawful for any person to sell oroffer for sale drug paraphernalia; touse the mails or any other facility ofinterstate commerce to transport drugparaphernalia; or to import or exportdrug paraphernalia.”

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What do drug paraphernalia look like?

Identifying drug paraphernalia canbe challenging because products oftenare marketed as though they weredesigned for legitimate purposes.Marijuana pipes and bongs, for exam-ple, frequently carry a misleading dis-claimer indicating that they areintended to be used only with tobaccoproducts. Recognizing drug parapher-nalia often involves considering otherfactors such as the manner in whichitems are displayed for sale, descriptivematerials or instructions accompanyingthe items, and the type of businessselling the items.

The appearance of drug parapherna-lia varies depending upon the manufac-turer and intended purpose.Increasingly, bongs, pipes, and otherparaphernalia are manufactured inbright, trendy colors and bear designssuch as skulls, devils, dragons, andwizards. Manufacturers attempt toglamorize drug use and make theirproducts attractive to teenagers andyoung adults.

Pipes (metal, wooden, acrylic,glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic)Water pipesRoach clipsMiniature spoonsChillums (cone-shapedmarijuana/hash pipes)BongsCigarette papersCocaine freebase kits

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