(A) Definitions; terms; evidence. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. All equipment, products and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of M.S. Chapter 152, as it may be amended from time to time. It includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Kits used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing or harvesting of any species of plant which is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance can be derived;
(b) Kits used, intended for use or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing or preparing controlled substances;
(c) Isomerization devices used, intended for use or designed for use in increasing the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled substance;
(d) Testing equipment used, intended for use or designed for use in identifying, or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness or purity of controlled substances;
(e) Scales and balances used, intended for use or designed for use in weighing or measuring controlled substances;
(f) Diluents and adulterants, such as quinine, hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose and lactose, used, intended for use or designed for use in cutting controlled substances;
(g) Separation gins and sifters used, intended for use or designed for use in removing twigs and seeds from, or in otherwise cleaning or refining, marijuana;
(h) Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons and mixing devices used, intended for use or designed for use in compounding controlled substances;
(i) Capsules, balloons, envelopes and other containers used, intended for use or designed for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances;
(j) Containers and other objects used, intended for use or designed for use in storing or concealing controlled substances;
(k) Hypodermic syringes, needles and other objects used, intended for use or designed for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body;
(l) Objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introducing marijuana, cocaine, hashish or hashish oil into the human body, such as:
1. Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic or ceramic pipes with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads or punctured metal bowls;
2. Water pipes;
3. Carburetion tubes and devices;
4. Smoking and carburetion masks;
5. Roach clips: meaning objects used to hold burning material such as a marijuana cigarette, that has become too small or too short to be held in the hand;
6. Miniature cocaine spoons, and cocaine vials;
7. Chamber pipes;
8. Carburetor pipes;
9. Electric pipes;
10. Air-driven pipes;
11. Chillums;
12. Bongs; and
13. Ice pipes or chillers.
(2) Other terms. Other terms are as defined in M.S. § 152.01, as it may be amended from time to time.
(3) Evidence. In determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia, a court or other authority should consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following:
(a) Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use;
(b) Prior convictions, if any, of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, under any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance;
(c) The proximity of the object, in time and space, to a direct violation of this section;
(d) The proximity of the object to controlled substances;
(e) The existence of any residue of controlled substances on the object;
(f) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, to deliver it to persons whom he or she knows, or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of M.S. Chapter 152, as it may be amended from time to time; the innocence of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, as to a direct violation of M.S. Chapter 152, as it may be amended from time to time, shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended for use, or designed for use as drug paraphernalia;
(g) Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use;
(h) Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use;
(i) National and local advertising concerning its use;
(j) The manner in which the object is displayed for sale;
(k) Whether the owner, or anyone in control of the object, is a legitimate supplier of like or related items to the community, such as a licensed distributor or dealer of tobacco products;
(l) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the object(s) to the total sales of the business enterprise;
(m) The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community; and
(n) Expert testimony concerning its use.
(B) Prohibitions.
(1) Possession of drug paraphernalia. It is unlawful for any person to use, or to possess with intent to use, drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of M.S. Chapter 152, as it may be amended from time to time.
(2) Manufacture or delivery of drug paraphernalia. It is unlawful for any person to deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to deliver, drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of M.S. Chapter 152, as it may be amended from time to time.
(3) Delivery of drug paraphernalia to a minor. Any person 18 years of age or over who violates division (B)(2) above, by delivering drug paraphernalia to a person under 18 years of age who is at least three years his or her junior is guilty of a special offense.
(4) Advertisement of drug paraphernalia. It is unlawful for any person to place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill or other publication any advertisement, knowing or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that the purpose of the advertisement, in whole or in part, is to promote the sale of objects designed or intended for use as drug paraphernalia.
(C) Civil forfeiture. All drug paraphernalia as defined by division (A) above is subject to forfeiture, subject to the provisions set forth in M.S. § 609.531, as they may be amended from time to time, in the same manner as if the forfeiture were pursuant to M.S. Chapter 152, as it may be amended from time to time.
(2003 Code, § 8.60) Penalty, see § 10.99