Terms Used In Utah Code 58-37a-5

• Drug paraphernalia: includes :

  (a)	kits used, or intended for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, or harvesting any species of plant which is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance can be derived;

  (b)	kits used, or intended for use, in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, or preparing a controlled substance;

  (c)	isomerization devices used, or intended for use, to increase the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled substance;

  (d)	except as provided in Subsection (3), testing equipment used, or intended for use, to identify or to analyze the strength, effectiveness, or purity of a controlled substance;

  (e)	scales and balances used, or intended for use, in weighing or measuring a controlled substance;

  (f)	diluents and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannited, dextrose and lactose, used, or intended for use to cut a controlled substance;

  (g)	separation gins and sifters used, or intended for use to remove twigs, seeds, or other impurities from marihuana;

  (h)	blenders, bowls, containers, spoons and mixing devices used, or intended for use to compound a controlled substance;

  (i)	capsules, balloons, envelopes, and other containers used, or intended for use to package small quantities of a controlled substance;

  (j)	containers and other objects used, or intended for use to store or conceal a controlled substance;

  (k)	hypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects used, or intended for use to parenterally inject a controlled substance into the human body, except as provided in Section 58-37a-5; and

  (l)

  objects used, or intended for use to ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce a controlled substance into the human body, including but not limited to: (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 marihuana 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; (ix)  electric pipes; (x)  air-driven pipes; (xi)  chillums; (xii)  bongs; and (xiii)  ice pipes or chillers. See Utah Code 58-37a-3 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 (a)  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 a controlled substance into the human body in violation of this chapter. (b)  Any person who violates Subsection (1)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

  (2)

  (a)  It is unlawful for any person to deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to deliver, any drug paraphernalia, knowing that the drug paraphernalia 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 a controlled substance into the human body in violation of this act. (b)  Any person who violates Subsection (2)(a) is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

  (3)	Any person 18 years of age or older who delivers drug paraphernalia to a person younger than 18 years of age and who is three years or more younger than the person making the delivery is guilty of a third degree felony.

  (4)

  (a)  It is unlawful for any person to place in this state in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement, knowing that the purpose of the advertisement is to promote the sale of drug paraphernalia. (b)  Any person who violates Subsection (4)(a) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

  (5)

  (a)  A person may not be charged with distribution of hypodermic syringes as drug paraphernalia if at the time of sale or distribution the syringes are in a sealed sterile package and are for a legitimate medical purpose, including: (i)  injection of prescription medications as prescribed by a practitioner; or (ii)  the prevention of disease transmission. (b)  A person may not be charged with possession of hypodermic syringes as drug paraphernalia if the syringe is unused and is in a sealed sterile package.

  (6)	A person may be charged and sentenced for a violation of this section, notwithstanding a charge and sentence for a violation of any other section of this chapter.

  Amended by Chapter 101, 2011 General Session