Colorado legal term
Drug paraphernalia in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado 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 Colorado criminal code.
What does “Drug paraphernalia” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind that are used, intended for use, or designed 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 the laws of this state. (C.R.S. § 18-18-426)
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