From:	Russ Myrick <rm91612@****.net>
Subject:	Re: Commercials & global "culture"
Date:	Wed, 29 May 1996 14:42:20 -0700

Sedah Drol wrote:
>
> Actually no, in order for an item to be considered drug paraphanelia,
> the officer must find evidence of it being used for drugs. ie, finding
> traces of coccain, heroine, etc, each object. Otherwise it is not
> paraphenalia. Any one 18 years or older can walk into a tobacco
> store and buy a six foot bong (water pipe), as long as it isn't used
> to smoke illegal substances it is not drug paraphenalia.

I wish. Several years ago Florida passed an amendment to their drug para
thingy law that made it necessary for a person to sign a registration
form to buy rolling papers, the store clerk then initialed your entry
indicating you had purchased tobacco to go with the papers. Each day
this registration list was forwarded to the local police dept. -- those
people having purchased papers w/o tobacco received an ugly visit from
the local narcs. South Carolina followed this up two years later with
their own version ... one portion made it illegal to buy or own a postal
scale without a business permit and state tax ID number, dietary scales
could only be bought with a prescription. Whether these are still on the
books I don't know, but they sure make life hell for black powder
enthusiasts doing cap & ball. Georgia and Nebraska state patrols both
use a "profile" check list -- if you and your vehicle fit the profile you
get pulled over and the rig searched .... based on this profile NORM'L
has been able to document many cases where the people were arrested for
possesion of paraphernalia even though they were clean and no traces of
drugs were present.