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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 893
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
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F.S. 893.145
893.145 “Drug paraphernalia” defined.The term “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, transporting, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of this chapter or s. 877.111. Drug paraphernalia is deemed to be contraband which shall be subject to civil forfeiture. The term includes, but is not limited to:
(1) Kits used, intended for use, or designed for use in the 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, excluding narcotic-drug-testing products that are used solely to determine whether a controlled substance contains fentanyl as described in s. 893.03(2)(b)9. or any other controlled substance specified in s. 893.135(1)(c)4.a. This exclusion does not apply to a narcotic-drug-testing product that can measure or determine the quantity, weight, or potency of a controlled substance.
(5) Scales and balances used, intended for use, or designed for use in weighing or measuring controlled substances.
(6) Diluents and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, caffeine, dimethyl sulfone, mannitol, mannite, dextrose, and lactose, used, intended for use, or designed for use in diluting controlled substances; or substances such as damiana leaf, marshmallow leaf, and mullein leaf, used, intended for use, or designed for use as carrier mediums of 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, cannabis.
(8) Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons, and mixing devices used, intended for use, or designed for use in compounding 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, concealing, or transporting 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 controlled substances, as described in s. 893.03, or substances described in s. 877.111(1) 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) Carburetion tubes and devices.
(d) Smoking and carburetion masks.
(e) Roach clips: meaning objects used to hold burning material, such as a cannabis 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.
(n) A cartridge or canister, which means a small metal device used to contain nitrous oxide.
(o) A charger, sometimes referred to as a “cracker,” which means a small metal or plastic device that contains an interior pin that may be used to expel nitrous oxide from a cartridge or container.
(p) A charging bottle, which means a device that may be used to expel nitrous oxide from a cartridge or canister.
(q) A whip-it, which means a device that may be used to expel nitrous oxide.
(r) A tank.
(s) A balloon.
(t) A hose or tube.
(u) A 2-liter-type soda bottle.
(v) Duct tape.
History.s. 1, ch. 80-30; s. 6, ch. 2000-320; s. 15, ch. 2000-360; s. 8, ch. 2016-105; s. 1, ch. 2023-297.

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Standard Jury Instructions-Criminal Cases

603 So. 2d 1175, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 400, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 1220, 1992 WL 148230

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 2, 1992 | Docket: 1475854

Cited 75 times | Published

products, and materials of any kind which are used, F.S. 893.145 intended for use, or designed for use in planting

In Re Standard Inst. in Crim. Cases (No. 2005-3)

969 So. 2d 245, 2007 WL 3101743

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 25, 2007 | Docket: 1403698

Cited 67 times | Published

not be inferred or assumed. Drug Paraphernalia. § 893.145, Fla. Stat. The term "drug paraphernalia" means

Steele v. State

561 So. 2d 638, 1990 WL 57808

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 7, 1990 | Docket: 1740340

Cited 23 times | Published

defendant was charged with a violation of section 893.145(5), Florida Statutes (1985), which makes it

State v. DTW

425 So. 2d 1383, 9 Educ. L. Rep. 457

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 3, 1983 | Docket: 2522156

Cited 19 times | Published

Associate Judge (Retired), concur. NOTES [1] Section 893.145(12)(1), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1980), which

Florida Businessmen for Free Enterprise v. State

499 F. Supp. 346, 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15936

District Court, N.D. Florida | Filed: Sep 30, 1980 | Docket: 1484464

Cited 18 times | Published

contraband which shall be subject to civil forfeiture. § 893.145, Fla.Stat. (Supp.1980). The law goes on to list

Dydek v. State

400 So. 2d 1255

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 17, 1981 | Docket: 1677146

Cited 17 times | Published

C.J., and CAMPBELL, J., concur. NOTES [1] Section 893.145, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1980), effective October

Lang v. State

671 So. 2d 292, 1996 WL 168917

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 12, 1996 | Docket: 161501

Cited 8 times | Published

NOTES [1] § 893.03, Fla.Stat. (1993). [2] § 893.145, Fla.Stat. (1993). [3] See Mayhue v. State, 659

Baggett v. State

562 So. 2d 359, 1990 WL 60898

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 11, 1990 | Docket: 1674547

Cited 5 times | Published

constitute drug paraphernalia as defined in section 893.145, Florida Statutes (1987). Although there was

Williams v. State

529 So. 2d 345, 1988 WL 81551

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 8, 1988 | Docket: 1523762

Cited 5 times | Published

within the meaning of the statutory definition. Section 893.145(5), Fla. Stat. (1985), states that "drug paraphernalia"

Dubose v. State

560 So. 2d 323, 1990 WL 48660

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 23, 1990 | Docket: 1477568

Cited 4 times | Published

constituted illegal drug paraphernalia under Section 893.145, Florida Statutes (1987).[1] The *326 state

State v. Bryant

953 So. 2d 585, 2007 WL 671044

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 7, 2007 | Docket: 1712793

Cited 2 times | Published

Contraband as defined in s. 932.701(2)(a)1. Section 893.145, Florida Statutes, defines drug paraphernalia

State v. EL

595 So. 2d 981

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 28, 1992 | Docket: 1709164

Cited 2 times | Published

possesses drug paraphernalia as defined in Section 893.145, Florida Statutes. 2. Such person is currently

Conyers v. State

164 So. 3d 73, 2015 WL 2078588

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 6, 2015 | Docket: 2654956

Cited 1 times | Published

object is drug paraphernalia. See § 893.145(12)(a), Fla. Stat. (2012) (defining a glass pipe

United States v. Bergin

732 F. Supp. 2d 1235, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79583, 2010 WL 3088229

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 6, 2010 | Docket: 2339286

Cited 1 times | Published

specifically defined term under Florida law, Fla. Stat. § 893.145 which, while broadly defined, does not include

Watkins v. State

933 So. 2d 1294, 2006 WL 2135911

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 2, 2006 | Docket: 1309275

Cited 1 times | Published

Watkins' car qualified as "drug paraphernalia." See § 893.145(9), (10), Fla. Stat. (defining "drug paraphernalia"

Subuh v. State

732 So. 2d 40, 1999 WL 270090

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 5, 1999 | Docket: 1513445

Cited 1 times | Published

or without screens, as drug paraphernalia. See § 893.145(12)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997). The delivery of a glass

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-09

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 16, 2020 | Docket: 16761638

Published

drug paraphernalia. Drug Paraphernalia. § 893.145, Fla. Stat. The term “drug paraphernalia”

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-12.

272 So. 3d 243

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 30, 2019 | Docket: 15696547

Published

paraphernalia. Drug Paraphernalia. § 893.145, Fla.Stat. The term "drug paraphernalia"

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2017-04

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 30, 2017 | Docket: 6233352

Published

[was] [were]: Give as applicable. § 893.145(12)(a)-(c), (g)-(m), Fla. Stat. (a)

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2016-09

216 So. 3d 497

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 27, 2017 | Docket: 5813561

Published

of the defendant. Drug Paraphernalia. § 893.145, Fla. Stat. The term “drug paraphernalia”

Brevard County Sheriff's Office v. Brown

208 So. 3d 1281, 2017 WL 456933, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 1257

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 3, 2017 | Docket: 4583365

Published

(2015). A pipe containing it is paraphernalia. See § 893.145(12), Fla. Stat. (2015). Both are contraband articles

Matthew Friedson v. State

207 So. 3d 961, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 18446

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 16, 2016 | Docket: 4556756

Published

13(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (2014). 2 . § 893.145, Fla, Stat. (2014). 3 . We decline

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report No. 2015-03 – Corrected Opinion

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 19, 2016 | Docket: 3065478

Published

presence of the defendant. Drug Paraphernalia. § 893.145, Fla. Stat. The term “drug paraphernalia”

Frederick v. State

980 So. 2d 1243, 2008 WL 1960258

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 7, 2008 | Docket: 1290373

Published

"baggie" which contained the crack cocaine. See § 893.145(10), Fla. Stat. (2006).

Townsend v. State

781 So. 2d 541, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 4507, 2001 WL 331895

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 6, 2001 | Docket: 64804541

Published

or intended to be used to package cocaine. Cf. § 893.145(10), Fla. Stat. (1999) (term “drug paraphernalia”

Grady v. State

753 So. 2d 744, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 3400, 2000 WL 293784

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 22, 2000 | Docket: 64795964

Published

person was drug paraphernalia as defined in section 893.145(5) of the Florida Statutes. Section 893.147(1)

C.F.G. v. State

752 So. 2d 122, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 2276, 2000 WL 256156

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 8, 2000 | Docket: 64795441

Published

The definition of paraphernalia as found in section 893.145, Florida Statutes (1997), states that the term

Cox v. State

687 So. 2d 25, 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 13229, 1996 WL 729753

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 1996 | Docket: 64770616

Published

893.03, Fla. Stat. . § 893.13, Fla. Stat. . § 893.145, Fla. Stat. . § 856.021, Fla. Stat.

EL v. State

619 So. 2d 252, 1993 WL 83091

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 25, 1993 | Docket: 1382599

Published

possesses drug paraphernalia as defined in Section 893.145, Florida Statutes. 2. Such person is currently

E.L. v. State

619 So. 2d 252, 18 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 203, 1993 Fla. LEXIS 523

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 25, 1993 | Docket: 64696566

Published

possesses drug paraphernalia as defined in Section 893.145, Florida Statutes. 2. Such person is currently

Frazier v. State

608 So. 2d 530, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 11416, 1992 WL 332657

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 13, 1992 | Docket: 64692030

Published

possess with intent to use, drug paraphernalia: Section 893.145(5), Florida Statutes, defines as drug paraphernalia:

State v. E.L.

595 So. 2d 981, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 1805

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 28, 1992 | Docket: 64666093

Published

possesses drug paraphernalia as defined in Section 893.145, Florida Statutes. 2. Such person is currently

State v. McCray

561 So. 2d 257, 1990 WL 59663

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 3, 1990 | Docket: 1331249

Published

violation of this act... . (Emphasis added.) Section 893.145, Florida Statutes (1985), in turn, defines

McCray v. State

531 So. 2d 408, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 2218, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 4258, 1988 WL 97965

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 27, 1988 | Docket: 64637143

Published

it a plastic bag, burlap wrap or the like.” Section 893.145, Florida Statutes (1985), defines “drug paraphernalia”

State v. D.T.W.

425 So. 2d 1383, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 18579

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 3, 1983 | Docket: 64594937

Published

Jr., Associate Judge (Retired), concur. . Section 893.145(12)(/), Florida Statutes (Supp.1980), which