Well I thought about it for a second and you have to realize grow equipment is legal for a reason. Not everyone that has it is using it to grow illegal things. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person in my state, even in my city that has a HID light used for growing. Really I never went to the store to buy any of my stuff. From my lights to my carbon filter it has been ordered by credit card. The soil was bought from the store though but that's about it.