(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess an opium pipe or any device, contrivance, instrument, or paraphernalia designed for use or principally used for smoking a controlled substance.
(B) It also shall be unlawful for any person to possess a hypodermic needle or syringe, or any other device, contrivance, instrument, or paraphernalia designed for use or used for injecting a controlled substance, except:
(1) Licensed drug manufacturers, wholesale drug jobbers, pharmacists, physicians, dentists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and nurses;
(2) Hospital research, teaching and clinical laboratories personnel, funeral directors, and embalmers;
(3) Persons specifically authorized by a licensed physician, dentist, or podiatrist to use a hypodermic needle or syringe for medical treatment purposes, while so using the needle, or syringe; and
(4) Persons using a hypodermic needle or syringe for the treatment of livestock.
(Ord. 1116, passed 2-25-1957; Ord. 2531, passed - -1979)