Chapter 8.20 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
Section 8.20.030 Drug paraphernalia defined.
The term "drug paraphernalia" as used in this chapter means all equipment,
products and
materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use, in planting,
propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting,
producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, concealing,
containing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a
controlled substance in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Chapter 124 of the
Code of Iowa. It includes, but is not limited to:
1. Growing Kits. Kits used, 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. Processing Kits. Kits used, intended for use, or designed for use in manufacturing,
compounding, converting, producing, processing, or preparing controlled substances.
3. Isomerization Devices. Isomerization devices used, intended for use or designed
for use in
increasing the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled substance.
4. Testing equipment. Testing equipment used, intended for use or designed for
use in
identifying or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness or purity of controlled substances.
5. Scales. Scales and balances used, intended for use, or designed for use in
weighing or
measuring controlled substances.
6. Dilutents. Dilutents and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol,
mannite,
dextrose or lactose, used, intended for use, or designed for use in cutting controlled substances.
7. Separators - Sifters. Separation gins and sifters used, intended for use,
or designed for use in
removing twigs and seeds from, or in otherwise cleaning or refining a controlled substance.
8. Mixing Devices. Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons and mixing devices used,
intended for
use, or designed for use in compounding controlled substances.
9. Containers. Capsules, balloons, envelopes and other containers used, intended
for use, or
designed for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances.
10. Storage Containers. Containers and other objects used, intended for use,
or designed for
use in storing or concealing controlled substances.
11. Injecting Devices. Hypodermic syringes, needles and other objects used,
intended for use,
or designed for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body.
12. Ingesting - Inhaling Device. Objects used, intended for use, or designed
for use in
ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing heroin, marijuana, cocaine, hashish, or hashish oil
into the human body, such as:
a. Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or
ceramic pipes with or without screens,
permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls;
b. Water pipes;
c. Smoking and carburetion masks;
d. Roach clips, meaning objects used to hold burning
materials, such as a marijuana
cigarette that has become too small or too short to be held in the hand;
e. Miniature cocaine spoons and cocaine vials. (Ord.
95/U-3409)