Just looked up the Connecticut law:

REVISED TO DECEMBER 31, 2001

§ 8.9 USE OF OR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO USE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA § 21a-267 (a)

[Make the appropriate deletions based on the charge against the defendant in the information:]

The defendant is charged with [using] [possessing with intent to use] drug paraphernalia in violation of General Statutes § 21a-267 (a), which, insofar as it pertains to this case, provides as follows:

''No person shall [insert as appropriate: (use) (possess with intent to use)] drug paraphernalia . . . to [insert as appropriate: (plant) (propagate) (cultivate) (grow) (harvest) (manufacture) (compound) (convert) (produce) (process) (prepare) (test) (analyze) (pack) (repack) (store) (contain) (conceal) any controlled substance] [insert as appropriate: (inject) (ingest) (inhale) (introduce) into the human body any controlled substance.'']

For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt: (1) the defendant [used] [possessed with intent to use]; (2) drug paraphernalia; (3) for the purpose of [insert as appropriate: (planting) (propagating) (cultivating) (growing) (harvesting) (manufacturing) (compounding) (converting) (producing) (processing) (preparing) (testing) (analyzing) (packing) (repacking) (storing) (containing) (concealing) any controlled substance] [insert as appropriate: (injecting) (ingesting) (inhaling) (introducing) into the human body any controlled substance.]1

A. If charged with possession with intent to use:

The first element the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt is that the defendant possessed with intent to use drug paraphernalia.
JURCRM0809

Now it's up to your friend whether he wants to pay out for a lawyer to fight the charge based on him smoking tobacco out of the pipe. Looks like you folks should have a bag of tobacco in the glove box at all times.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . Can anyone explain this? My friend got pulled over the other day, and when he got searched he was arrested for possession of paraphenelia. Now the thing is, he had just bought the bowl, and it was still in the bubble wrap with no signs of use at ALL. He is of legal age to own tobacco products, so why the fuck was he arrested? Rating: 5