Definition - Drug paraphernalia
N.D. Cent. Code § 19-03.4-01
in effect19-03.4-01. Definition - Drug paraphernalia
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "drug paraphernalia" 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, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the
human body a controlled substance in violation of chapter 19-03.1. The term includes:
1. 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. Kits used, intended for use, or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding,
converting, producing, processing, or preparing controlled substances.
3. 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 used, intended for use, or designed for use in identifying or in
analyzing the strength, effectiveness, or purity of controlled substances.
5. Scales and balances used, intended for use, or designed for use in weighing or
measuring controlled substances.
6. Diluents and adulterants, including quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, dextrose, and
lactose, used, intended for use, or designed for use in cutting controlled substances.
7. Separation gins and sifters used, intended for use, or designed for use in removing
twigs and seeds from, or in otherwise cleaning or refining, marijuana.
8. Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons, grinders, and mixing devices used, intended for
use, or designed for use in compounding, manufacturing, producing, processing, or
preparing controlled substances.
9. Capsules, balloons, envelopes, and other containers used, intended for use, or
designed for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances.
10. Containers and other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in storing or
concealing controlled substances or products or materials used or intended for use in
manufacturing, producing, processing, or preparing controlled substances.
11. Hypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects used, intended for use, or designed
for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body.
12. Objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise
introducing marijuana, cocaine, or tetrahydrocannabinol into the human body,
including:
a. Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes with or without
screens, permanent screens, or punctured metal bowls.
b. Water pipes.
c. Carburetion tubes and devices.
d. Smoking and carburetion masks.
e. Objects, sometimes commonly referred to as roach clips, used to hold burning
material, for example, a marijuana cigarette, that has become too small or too
short to be held in the hand.
f. Miniature cocaine spoons and cocaine vials.
g. Chamber pipes.
h. Carburetor pipes.
i. Electric pipes.
j. Air-driven pipes.
k. Chillums.
l. Bongs.
m. Ice pipes or chillers.
13. Ingredients or components to be used or intended or designed to be used in
manufacturing, producing, processing, preparing, testing, or analyzing a controlled
substance, whether or not otherwise lawfully obtained, including anhydrous ammonia,
nonprescription medications, methamphetamine precursor drugs, or lawfully
dispensed controlled substances.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t19c03-4.pdf#nameddest=19-03p4-01Fetched: 10/16/2026