[robertpaulsen]

"they can call the spoons in your kitchen "narcotics paraphenalia" if they want"

Actually no, though they do list in Section 863. Drug paraphernalia, "#6) miniature spoons with level capacities of one-tenth cubic centimeter or less".

And bongs are listed under the very vague and confusing wording of "#12) bongs".

Also: "e) In determining whether an item constitutes drug paraphernalia, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following may be considered:

(1) instructions, oral or written, provided with the item concerning its use;
(2) descriptive materials accompanying the item which explain or depict its use;
(3) national and local advertising concerning its use;
(4) the manner in which the item is displayed for sale;
(5) whether the owner, or anyone in control of the item, is a legitimate supplier of like or related items to the community, such as a licensed distributor or dealer of tobacco products;
(6) direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the item(s) to the total sales of the business enterprise;
(7) the existence and scope of legitimate uses of the item in the community; and
(8) expert testimony concerning its use.

Think those bongs may have fallen under one (or eight) of those considerations?

[blackdog]

My mother in-law collects those miniature spoons. You know, the ones they sell in all those gift shops? She has a miniature spoon from just about every state, city, and attraction that sells them.

One cleverly worded phone call could get her out of my hair for five to ten........

[headsonpikes]

Yup. That there's a bong, all right, Barney!

That's a big 10-4, and Roger, all units moving in on the perp!

One must admit, that's safer than going after Islamic and Columbian cut-throats and terrorists!

Got to live to collect that pension, you know!

[NCjim]

#6) miniature spoons with level capacities of one-tenth cubic centimeter or less

Do you remember when McDonalds had the small coffee stirrers that looked like tiny spoons? They had to change to the current flat ones since people used the original stirrers in a manner for which they were not intended... :-)