(Effective July 1, 2027) Definition
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-265.1
in effectAs used in this article, "drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are either designed for use or which are intended by the person charged with violating § 18.2-265.3 for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, strength testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance. "Drug paraphernalia" includes:
1. Kits intended for use or designed 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;
2. Kits intended for use or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, or preparing controlled substances;
3. Isomerization devices intended for use or designed for use in increasing the potency of any species of plant that is a controlled substance;
4. Testing equipment intended for use or designed for use in identifying or in analyzing the strength or effectiveness of controlled substances, other than drug checking products used to determine the presence or concentration of a contaminant that can cause physical harm or death;
5. Scales and balances intended for use or designed for use in weighing or measuring controlled substances;
6. Diluents and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, or mannite, intended for use or designed for use in cutting controlled substances;
7. Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons, and mixing devices intended for use or designed for use in compounding controlled substances;
8. Capsules, balloons, envelopes, and other containers intended for use or designed for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances;
9. Containers and other objects intended for use or designed for use in storing or concealing controlled substances;
10. Hypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects intended for use or designed for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body;
11. Objects intended for use or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cocaine into the human body, such as:
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. Roach clips, meaning objects used to hold burning material 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.
1981, c. 598; 1983, c. 535; 2019, c. 215 ; 2025, cc. 266 , 281 ; 2026, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1 .
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-265.1/Fetched: 10/16/2026