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Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.102 (2026)

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(a) [(1)] As used in this chapter, "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. It includes, but is not limited to:
(1) [(a)] 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) [(b)] Kits used, intended for use, or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, or preparing controlled substances;
(3) [(c)] 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) [(d)] Testing equipment used, intended for use, or designed for use in identifying or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness, or purity of controlled substances;
(5) [(e)] Scales and balances used, intended for use, or designed for use in weighing or measuring controlled substances;
(6) [(f)] Diluents and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose, and lactose, used, intended for use, or designed for use in cutting controlled substances;
(7) [(g)] 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) [(h)] Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons, and mixing devices used, intended for use, or designed for use in compounding controlled substances;
(9) [(i)] Capsules, balloons, envelopes, and other containers used, intended for use, or designed for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances;
(10) [(j)] Containers and other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in storing or concealing controlled substances;
(11) [(k)] Hypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body;
(12) [(l)] Objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cannabis, cocaine, hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, such as:
(i) Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls;
(ii) Water pipes;
(iii) Carburetion tubes and devices;
(iv) Smoking and carburetion masks;
(v) 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;
(vi) Miniature cocaine spoons, and cocaine vials;
(vii) Chamber pipes;
(viii) Carburetor pipes;
(ix) Electric pipes;
(x) Air-driven pipes;
(xi) Chillums;
(xii) Bongs; and
(xiii) Ice pipes or chillers.
(b) [(2)] In determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia under this section, a court or other authority should consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following:
(1) [(a)] Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use;
(2) [(b)] Prior convictions, if any, of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, under any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance;
(3) [(c)] The proximity of the object, in time and space, to a direct violation of this chapter;
(4) [(d)] The proximity of the object to controlled substances;
(5) [(e)] The existence of any residue of controlled substances on the object;
(6) [(f)] Direct or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, to deliver it to persons whom he or she knows, or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of this chapter; the innocence of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, as to a direct violation of this chapter shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended or designed for use as drug paraphernalia;
(7) [(g)] Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use;
(8) [(h)] Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use;
(9) [(i)] National and local advertising concerning its use;
(10) [(j)] The manner in which the object is displayed for sale;
(11) [(k)] Whether the owner, or anyone in control of the object, is a legitimate supplier of like or related items to the community, such as a licensed distributor or dealer of tobacco products;
(12) [(l)] Direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the object(s) to the total sales of the business enterprise;
(13) [(m)] The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community; and
(14) [(n)] Expert testimony concerning its use.
[ 2022 c 16 s 52; 2012 c 117 s 366; 1981 c 48 s 1.]

Notes:

Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.
Severability—1981 c 48: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1981 c 48 s 4.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1983–2025 · leading case: State v. Valencia, 239 P.3d 1059 (Wash. 2010).
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State v. Valencia, 239 P.3d 1059 (Wash. 2010). · cites it 4× “of "drug paraphernalia," two separate criminal statutes, codified by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, identically define the term as: all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating,…”
State v. Valencia, 169 Wash. 2d 782 (Wash. 2010). · cites it 4× “RCW 69.50.102(a), .4121(1). Both statutes proceed to give nonexhaustive lists of items that qualify as drug paraphernalia, with one subsection explicitly mentioning drug scales.”
State v. O'MEARA, 180 P.3d 196 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 5× “412(1) under the facts alleged here are: (1) use of drug paraphernalia (as defined in RCW 69.50.102(a)); [3] (2) to "store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body"; and (3) a controlled substance.”
State v. O'Meara, 143 Wash. App. 638 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 4× “412(1) under the facts alleged here are (1) use of drug paraphernalia (as defined in RCW 69.50.102(a)) 3 (2) to “store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body” *643 (3) a controlled substance.”
State v. Gocken, 896 P.2d 1267 (Wash. 1995). · cites it 2× “412(1) contains the following elements: (1) use of drug paraphernalia (as defined in RCW 69.50.102), (2) to "inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body", (3) a controlled substance.”
State of Washington v. Kevin Arther Peters, 455 P.3d 141 (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “This court 10 RCW 69.50.102. 23 No. 31755-2-III State v.”
State v. Valencia, 198 P.3d 1065 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “We agree, as the dissent suggests, that citation to statutes and infractions defining drug paraphernalia like RCW 69.50.102 and RCW 69.50.4121(1)(a)-(m) can assist in defining the phrase.”
State v. Valencia, 148 Wash. App. 302 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “We agree, as the dissent suggests, that citation to statutes and infractions defining “drug paraphernalia” like RCW 69.50.102 and RCW 69.50.4121(l)(a)-(m) can assist in defining the phrase.”
State v. Mallard, 40 S.W.3d 473 (Tenn. 2001). “§ 58 -37a-4 (1996); Wash.Rev.Code Ann. § 69.50.102(b) (West 1994).”
State v. Williams, 815 P.2d 825 (Wash. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “A detailed definition of the various types of drug paraphernalia is contained in RCW 69.50.102. Subsection (b) of that statute lists a series of factors that may be considered in determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia: (b) In determining whether an object is drug…”
State v. Snapp, 219 P.3d 971 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “RCW 69.50.102 provides a detailed definition of the various types of drug paraphernalia.”
State v. Snapp, 153 Wash. App. 485 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “RCW 69.50.102 provides a detailed definition of the various types of drug paraphernalia.”
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— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.102(a) — 8 cases
State v. Valencia, 239 P.3d 1059 (Wash. 2010). “of "drug paraphernalia," two separate criminal statutes, codified by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, identically define the term as: all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating,…”
State v. Valencia, 169 Wash. 2d 782 (Wash. 2010). “RCW 69.50.102(a), .4121(1). Both statutes proceed to give nonexhaustive lists of items that qualify as drug paraphernalia, with one subsection explicitly mentioning drug scales.”
State v. O'Meara, 143 Wash. App. 638 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “412(1) under the facts alleged here are (1) use of drug paraphernalia (as defined in RCW 69.50.102(a)) 3 (2) to “store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body” *643 (3) a controlled substance.”
State v. O'MEARA, 180 P.3d 196 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “412(1) under the facts alleged here are: (1) use of drug paraphernalia (as defined in RCW 69.50.102(a)); [3] (2) to "store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body"; and (3) a controlled substance.”
Spokane Cnty. Health Dist. v. Brockett, 839 P.2d 324 (Wash. 1992).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.102(a)(5) — 2 cases
State v. Valencia, 239 P.3d 1059 (Wash. 2010). “of "drug paraphernalia," two separate criminal statutes, codified by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, identically define the term as: all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating,…”
State v. Valencia, 169 Wash. 2d 782 (Wash. 2010). “RCW 69.50.102(a), .4121(1). Both statutes proceed to give nonexhaustive lists of items that qualify as drug paraphernalia, with one subsection explicitly mentioning drug scales.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.102(a)(8) — 1 case
In Re The Pers. Restraint Petition Of Steven Edward Pink (Wash. Ct. App. 2021).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.102(a)(9) — 2 cases
Cardenas-Mendoza v. Holder, 320 F. App'x 525 (9th Cir. 2009).
Cardenas-Mendoza v. Holder, 320 F. App'x 525 (9th Cir. 2009).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.102(b) — 6 cases
State v. O'MEARA, 180 P.3d 196 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “412(1) under the facts alleged here are: (1) use of drug paraphernalia (as defined in RCW 69.50.102(a)); [3] (2) to "store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body"; and (3) a controlled substance.”
State v. Mallard, 40 S.W.3d 473 (Tenn. 2001). “§ 58 -37a-4 (1996); Wash.Rev.Code Ann. § 69.50.102(b) (West 1994).”
State v. O'Meara, 143 Wash. App. 638 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “412(1) under the facts alleged here are (1) use of drug paraphernalia (as defined in RCW 69.50.102(a)) 3 (2) to “store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body” *643 (3) a controlled substance.”
State v. Williams, 815 P.2d 825 (Wash. Ct. App. 1991). “A detailed definition of the various types of drug paraphernalia is contained in RCW 69.50.102. Subsection (b) of that statute lists a series of factors that may be considered in determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia: (b) In determining whether an object is drug…”
State v. O'NEILL, 17 P.3d 682 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.102(b)(4) — 2 cases
State v. Snapp, 219 P.3d 971 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “RCW 69.50.102 provides a detailed definition of the various types of drug paraphernalia.”
State v. Snapp, 153 Wash. App. 485 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “RCW 69.50.102 provides a detailed definition of the various types of drug paraphernalia.”
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