Why is possessing paraphernalia illegal ?

[Big.M]

How can it be , When you can legaly sell /buy scales, pipes, bongs, papers, Etc, . Anyone here ever been arrested for possessing such products? Of course it gives a cop probable cause to search your car or person .

Big.M Reviewed by Big.M on 12-04-2005. Why is possessing paraphernalia illegal ? How can it be , When you can legaly sell /buy scales, pipes, bongs, papers, Etc, . Anyone here ever been arrested for possessing such products? Of course it gives a cop probable cause to search your car or person . Rating: 5

[OR Freebird]

It's not the paraphanelia that's neccesarily illegal, it's the resins inside it. You can't be arrested for rolling papers or an unsed pipe or bong -- unless you're Tommy Chong and try selling them over the internet. For anyone else, even that is okay.

[scobbie]

if you have any previous convictions for possesion or intent to supply then paraphanelia can give the cops probibal cause for a search and in the case of used bongs, roaches,they can have you on possesion,bags and scale with previous for supplying can lead to more charges so although they are not illegal they are dodgy to someone with previous convictions

[Doobie Snax]

Yeh, if you've been done before for dealing, a set of scales will get you in deep shit. Mind you, possessing a bong with some burnt out bud in the bottom can get you done, but it depends what mood the copper's in.

[NewYorkDiesel]

I KNOW A DUDE THAT HAD TO GO TO COURT SO DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT?? HAHA [email protected] RULES !!! CALI

[NewYorkDiesel]

DUH,.. GO TO COURT FOR ROLLING PAPER I MEANT I'M FUCKING WASTED I GUESS

[scobbie]

what was the charge,possesion of paper that means every time i go for a shit im fucked

[endo..jay]

cops can only charge papers as paraphanelia if there is mj found other that that they are 100%legal just like pipes and shit...i asked this 2day while i was handcuffed to the wall

[ILoveYouMaryJane]

i was charged with paraphanalia with 2 packs of papers, but i also had about a half gram of weed. what i dont understand is that if a headshop sells a pipe/bong as a tobacco smoking device, why are you charged as if it were used for smoking weed? it doesnt equal out to me

[whyamiwhite]

we may not like cops but they definatley aren't stupid........if ya have weed on ya when you get busted with the papers what are they gonna think, oh these are tobacco rolling papers? it's common sense.