{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-1101","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 48-1101","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this subchapter, the term:\n\n(1)\nBlunt wrap” means any product that is manufactured for encasing, wrapping, or rolling materials of any kind for purposes of smoking, if such product is designed to be filled by the consumer and is:\n(A)\nMade wholly or in part of tobacco; or\n(B)\nMade of paper or any other material that does not contain tobacco, and is:\n(i)\nIntended, when filled by the consumer, to produce a finished wrap that measures more than 120 millimeters on its longest side; or\n(ii)\nSold as a pre-rolled hollow cone, the circumference of which is not equal at both ends.\n\n(1A)\n“Controlled substance” has the same meaning as that provided in § 48-901.02(4).\n\n(2)\n“Court” means the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.\n\n(3)\n“Drug paraphernalia” means:\n(A)\nKits or other objects 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;\n(B)\nKits or other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, or preparing a controlled substance;\n(C)\nIsomerization devices or other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in increasing the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled substance;\n(D)\nTesting equipment or other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in identifying or analyzing the strength, effectiveness, or purity of a controlled substance;\n(E)\nScales and balances or other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in weighing or measuring a controlled substance;\n(F)\nDiluents and adulterants, including, but not limited to: quinine, hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose, and lactose, used, intended for use, or designed for use in cutting a controlled substance;\n(G)\nSeparation gins and sifters or other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in removing twigs and seeds from, or in otherwise cleaning or refining, Cannabis or any other controlled substance;\n(H)\nBlenders, bowls, containers, spoons, and other mixing devices used, intended for use, or designed for use in compounding a controlled substance;\n(I)\nCapsules, balloons, envelopes, glassy plastic bags, or zip-lock bags that measure 1 inch by 1 inch or less, and other containers used, intended for use, or designed for use in packaging small quantities of a controlled substance;\n(J)\nContainers and other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in storing or concealing a controlled substance;\n(K)\nHypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in parenterally injecting a controlled substance into the human body; and\n(L)\nObjects used, intended for use, or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing Cannabis, cocaine, hashish, hashish oil, or any other controlled substance into the human body, including, but not limited to:\n(i)\nMetal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls;\n(ii)\nWater pipes;\n(iii)\nCarburetion tubes and devices;\n(iv)\nSmoking and carburetion masks;\n(v)\nRoach clips;\n(vi)\nMiniature spoons with level capacities of one-tenth cubic centimeter or less;\n(vii)\nChamber pipes;\n(viii)\nCarburetor pipes;\n(ix)\nElectric pipes;\n(x)\nAir-driven pipes;\n(xi)\nBongs;\n(xii)\nIce pipes or chillers;\n(xiii)\nWired cigarette papers;\n(xiv)\nCocaine freebase kits; or\n(xv)\nCigarette rolling paper or cigar wrappers sold at a commercial retail or wholesale establishment, which does not derive at least 25% of its total annual revenue from the sale of tobacco products and which does not sell loose tobacco intended to be rolled into cigarettes and cigars.\n\n(4)\n\"Personal use\" means use or possession in circumstances where there is insufficient evidence of intent to distribute or manufacture a controlled substance.","path":["Title 48. Foods and Drugs.","Chapter 11. Drug Paraphernalia.","Subchapter I. General."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-1101","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"33451f1fe194990d2603fe6d7f4a5f1f128abc5030135a3e2bb9140c8ca6008d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-1006","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-1102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}