Quote Originally Posted by mrdevious
Yeah, that's something I never really understood about American law. I've seen on cops guys getting arrested for carrying a pipe, saying "you're under arrest for the paraphenelia". but if you can go to jail for carrying paraphenelia, why is it legal to openly sell it in head shops?
the 'paraphenaelia' dosn't become illegal until it's used for the consumption of illegal substances... of course, if the cops had said 'you're under arrest for the paraphanelia' and the guy had never smoked weed or any ilegal substance out of the pipe, and then he said that the pipe had only ever been used for tobacco, they'd have no choice but to retract that statment or contnue persecution until it's been proved or disproved that the pipe had or hadn't been used for illegal purposes. pipes aren't illegal, paraphenalia itsself isn't illegal, it's only once it's been used for illegal purposes that it becomes illegal