Drug Paraphernalia Fast Facts - U.S. Department of Justice

1 Where are drug Paraphernalia sold?Wherearedrugparaphernaliasold?What are drug Paraphernalia ?Whataredrugparaphernalia?A re drug Paraphernalia illegal?Aredrugparaphernaliaillegal?What do drug Paraphernalia look like?Whatdodrugparaphernalialooklike?Wha t 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 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.

2 Where are drug Paraphernalia sold?Are drug Paraphernalia illegal? drug Paraphernalia can beobtained through various 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 , drug Paraphernalia are drug Paraphernalia statute, 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 . Examples of drug ParaphernaliaExamplesofDrugParaphernalia Examples of drug ParaphernaliaWhat do drug Paraphernalia look like?Identifying drug Paraphernalia canbe challenging because products oftenare marketed as though they weredesigned for legitimate pipes and bongs, for exam-ple, frequently carry a misleading dis-claimer indicating that they areintended to be used only with tobaccoproducts.

3 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 appearance of drug parapherna-lia varies depending upon the manufac-turer and intended , 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 (metal, wooden, acrylic,glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic)Water pipesRoach clipsMiniature spoonsChillums (cone-shapedmarijuana/hash pipes)BongsCigarette papersCocaine freebase kitsNDIC. Courtesy of City of Johnstown (PA)Police DepartmentDEAM arijuana pipes, spoon with cocaine residue, and marijuana pipe hidden inside FactsFastFactsFast FactsFast FactsFor more information on illicit drugscheck out our web site at:Formoreinformationonillicitdrugscheck outourwebsiteat:Other products of interest: photo: NDIC.

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