From:	"Sedah Drol" <ccrodrig@****.indstate.edu>
Subject:	Re: Commercials & global "culture"
Date:	Thu, 30 May 1996 01:48:38 EST

> 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.

Sucks to be in those states, here in Indiana, they tried to say that
having Grateful Dead stickers on a vehicle was enought probable cause
to have a vehicle searched. The officers found out that it wasn't
enough. Oh also here in Indiana you can't search an RV (ie VW bus
with RV plates) without a proper search warrant. Rolling papers are
legal, though stores are only allowed to sell them to people 18 years
or above. Did you here about New York, they just passed a law
against the possession of anything with ephedrine (ie, mini thins)
without a perscription is illegal.
I should have added that laws may differ from state to state. I was
commenting on federal law.

----Sedah Drol

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