To those people who are not familiar with this, drug paraphernalia are different things or equipment that are use in making and using illegal drugs like cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine and heroin. There are two different kinds of drug paraphernalia:



•User-specific products – these kinds of products are sold to drug users in order to perform the activity well. Some of these products are pipes, masks, clips and other things in order to hide the illegal drugs.

•Dealer Specific products – these kinds of products are used by drug traffickers. They use this product when they already distribute the illegal drugs to different people. Sample of this products are scale, baggies and vials.

According to the law, it is illegal to possess the said paraphernalia. Actually, not only possess but also to transport, sell, and import or export these kinds of things. The law is providing guidelines to determine if the paraphernalia is used in illegal drugs or not.

How about the sales of drug paraphernalia? Way back in 1960s up to 1970s in the United States, the selling of drug paraphernalia was very obvious. During those times, you could see many shops selling different drug paraphernalia. You will also find home-made paraphernalia. Some people even sold them on the street which a lot of people could see. Nowadays, people can’t sell their products on the street and other places like stores but how about the internet?

Things you should know

There are some important things that you should know about drug paraphernalia. Here are some of them:

•The target market of drug paraphernalia is the youth. A lot of teenagers are addicted to illegal drugs due to many reasons. Some reason may be personal like family problems or financial problems. Some reason might be their friends. Peer pressure can do a lot of things.

•Drug paraphernalia are packaged with different pictures, designs, etc. so that it will not be obvious. Some example designs are colorful logos, pictures of famous people like celebrities and different smiley faces.

•Drug paraphernalia like markers can cover up pipes and other small glasses that are hand painted.

Unfortunately, a lot of parents do not know these. Parents should know about these things. This is one of the biggest problems in a society. For some government officials, they were successful in beating up this kind of problem but sometimes, no matter what they do, they are like just mushrooms that keep on coming back. Drug paraphernalia might be simple but it can give great impact to the society and especially to the youth. Not really good to our ears, right? But it’s the reality.