Well, you could get a lawyer and he would certainly get your pipe back.

Why? Because there's no evidence, if he didn't have any weed on his person and wasn't believed to be high at the time the officer encountered him, there's no reason to believe it wasn't going to be used for it's 'intended' purpose.

I'd go to court myself and get my frickin' goods back. The fact that you mentioned it made the newspaper is incredible.

What are there, twelve people in your town? The cops are stupid and arrogant enough to take a legal product away from a legal purchaser?

I suspect there are other details you haven't mentioned...

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