California legal term
Drug paraphernalia in California Criminal Law
Current through 2026 California legislative session
In California criminal law, “Drug paraphernalia” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the California criminal code.
What does “Drug paraphernalia” mean in California criminal law?
“Drug paraphernalia” means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind that are designed for use or marketed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of this division. (Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11014.5)
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