Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 21-28.5-3

• Drug paraphernalia: includes , but is not limited to, all of the following:

  (1)  Kits 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;

  (2)  Kits intended for use or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, or preparing controlled substances;

  (3)  Isomerization devices intended for use or designed for use in increasing the potency of any species of plant that is a controlled substance;

  (4)  Testing equipment intended for use or designed for use in identifying or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness, or purity of controlled substances;

  (5)  Scales and balances intended for use or designed for use in weighing or measuring controlled substances;

  (6)  Dilutants and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose, and lactose, intended for use or designed for use in cutting controlled substances;

  (7)  Separation gins and sifters intended for use or designed for use in removing twigs and seeds from, or in cleaning or refining, marijuana;

  (8)  Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons, and mixing devices intended for use or designed for use in compounding controlled substances;

  (9)  Capsules, balloons, envelopes, and other containers intended for use or designed for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances;

  (10)  Containers and other objects intended for use or designed for use in storing or concealing controlled substances; and

  (11)  Objects intended for use or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or introducing marijuana, cocaine, hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, such as:

  (i)  Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls;

  (ii)  Water pipes;

  (iii)  Carburetion tubes and devices;

  (iv)  Smoking and carburetion masks;

  (v)  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;

  (vi)  Miniature cocaine spoons, and cocaine vials;

  (vii)  Chamber pipes;

  (viii)  Carburetor pipes;

  (xi)  Electric pipes;

  (x)  Air-driven pipes;

  (xi)  Chillums;

  (xii)  Bongs;

  (xiii)  Ice pipes or chillers; and

  (xiv)  Wide rolling papers which are designed for drug use. See Rhode Island General Laws 21-28.5-1

• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6