18.2-265.1 - Definition.

§ 18.2-265.1. Definition.

As used in this article, the term "drug paraphernalia" means all equipment,products, and materials of any kind which are either designed for use orwhich are intended by the person charged with violating § 18.2-265.3 for usein planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing,compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, strength testing,analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing,injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human bodymarijuana or a controlled substance. It includes, but is not limited to:

1. Kits intended for use or designed for use in planting, propagating,cultivating, growing or harvesting of marijuana or any species of plant whichis a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance can be derived;

2. Kits intended for use or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding,converting, producing, processing, or preparing marijuana or controlledsubstances;

3. Isomerization devices intended for use or designed for use in increasingthe potency of marijuana or any species of plant which is a controlledsubstance;

4. Testing equipment intended for use or designed for use in identifying orin analyzing the strength or effectiveness of marijuana or controlledsubstances;

5. Scales and balances intended for use or designed for use in weighing ormeasuring marijuana or controlled substances;

6. Diluents and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, ormannite, intended for use or designed for use in cutting controlledsubstances;

7. Separation gins and sifters intended for use or designed for use inremoving twigs and seeds from, or in otherwise cleaning or refining,marijuana;

8. Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons, and mixing devices intended for useor designed for use in compounding controlled substances;

9. Capsules, balloons, envelopes, and other containers intended for use ordesigned for use in packaging small quantities of marijuana or controlledsubstances;

10. Containers and other objects intended for use or designed for use instoring or concealing marijuana or controlled substances;

11. Hypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects intended for use ordesigned for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into thehuman body;

12. Objects intended for use or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, orotherwise introducing marijuana, cocaine, hashish, or hashish oil into thehuman body, such as:

a. Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes with orwithout screens, permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls;

b. Water pipes;

c. Carburetion tubes and devices;

d. Smoking and carburetion masks;

e. Roach clips, meaning objects used to hold burning material, such as amarijuana cigarette, that has become too small or too short to be held in thehand;

f. Miniature cocaine spoons, and cocaine vials;

g. Chamber pipes;

h. Carburetor pipes;

i. Electric pipes;

j. Air-driven pipes;

k. Chillums;

l. Bongs;

m. Ice pipes or chillers.

(1981, c. 598; 1983, c. 535.)