Division 9. Drug Paraphernalia
Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.
Division 9. Drug Paraphernalia
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-151 (2026)
Sec. 14-151. DefinitionsLinkCopy Citation
(a)
For the purposes of this Division:
(1)
Controlled dangerous substance means any drug, substance, or immediate precursor listed in Subtitle 5 of the Criminal Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, including any future amendments thereto. The term shall not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco as those terms are set in Article 2B, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(2)
Drug Paraphernalia means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are intended for use, or designed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repacking, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled dangerous substance in violation of Subtitle 5 of the Criminal Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland. It includes but is not limited to:
(A)
Kits intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, or harvesting of any species of plant which is a controlled dangerous substance or from which a controlled dangerous substance can be derived;
(B)
Kits intended for use, or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, or preparing controlled dangerous substances;
(C)
Isomerization devices intended for use, or designed for use, in increasing the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled dangerous substance;
(D)
Testing equipment intended for use, or designed for use, identifying or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness, or purity of controlled dangerous substances;
(E)
Scales and balances intended for use, or designed for use, in weighing or measuring controlled dangerous substances;
(F)
Diluents and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose, and lactose, intended for use, or designed for use, in cutting controlled dangerous substances;
(G)
Separation gins and sifters intended for use, or designed for use, in removing twigs and seeds from, or in otherwise cleaning or refining, marihuana;
(H)
Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons, and mixing devices intended for use, or designed for use, in compounding controlled dangerous substances;
(I)
Capsules, balloons, envelopes, and other containers intended for use, or designed for use, in packaging small quantities of controlled dangerous substances;
(J)
Containers and other objects intended for use, or designed for use, in storing or concealing controlled dangerous substances;
(K)
Hypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects intended for use, or designed for use, in parenterally injecting controlled dangerous substances into the human body;
(L)
Objects intended for use, or designed for use, in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marihuana, 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 marihuana 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;
(xiii)
Ice pipes or chillers.
(xiv)
Cigarette rolling papers, as defined by Section 14-155.01 of this division.
(3)
In determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia, a court or other authority shall consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, the following:
(A)
Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use;
(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 dangerous substance;
(C)
The proximity of the object, in time and space, to a direct violation of Subtitle 5 of the Criminal Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland;
(D)
The proximity of the object to controlled dangerous substances;
(E)
The existence of any residue of controlled dangerous substances on the object;
(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 knows, or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of Subtitle 5 of the Criminal Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland; the innocence of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, as to a direct violation of Subtitle 5 of the Criminal Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended for use, or designed for use, as drug paraphernalia;
(G)
Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use;
(H)
Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use;
(I)
National and local advertising concerning its use;
(J)
The manner in which the object is displayed for sale;
(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;
(L)
Direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the object(s) to the total sales of the business enterprise;
(M)
The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community;
(N)
Expert testimony concerning its use.
(4)
The definitions contained in Subtitle 5 of the Criminal Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, including any future amendments thereto, are adopted and incorporated by reference and have the same force and effect as if set out in full in this Division.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-152 (2026)
Sec. 14-152. GeneralLinkCopy Citation
(a)
The Council finds and declares it is necessary for the public health and welfare to prohibit the possession, display, offer for sale, sale, delivery, use, or advertisement of drug paraphernalia for illegal purposes.
(b)
This Division is not applicable to a person who is registered or who is in full compliance with Section 281 of Article 27, Annotated Code of Maryland.
(c)
It is the legislative intent of the Council that every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word of this Division are to be liberally construed; that the provisions of this Division are declared to be severable, and, in the event that any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Division is to be declared invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the remaining words, phrases, clauses, sentences, subparagraphs, paragraphs, subsections, or sections of this Division, since the same would have been enacted without the incorporation in this Division of any such invalid or unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, subparagraph, paragraph, subsection, or section.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-153 (2026)
Sec. 14-153. Use or Possession of Drug ParaphernaliaLinkCopy Citation
It is unlawful for any person to use or to possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-154 (2026)
Sec. 14-154. Sale or Delivery of Drug ParaphernaliaLinkCopy Citation
It is unlawful for any person to possess with intent to deliver, manufacture with intent to deliver, display, offer, offer for sale, sell, or deliver any equipment, product, or material knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it is drug paraphernalia or is intended or designed to be drug paraphernalia.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-155 (2026)
Sec. 14-155. Advertisement of Drug ParaphernaliaLinkCopy Citation
It is unlawful for any person to advertise in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, poster, sign, mailing, or other writing or publication or by radio, television, or sound track, knowing, or where one reasonably should know, that the purpose of the advertisement, in whole or in part, is to promote the sale or delivery of drug paraphernalia.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-155.01 (2026)
Sec. 14-155.01. Cigarette rolling paperLinkCopy Citation
(a)
For the purposes of this Section:
(1)
The term "cigarette rolling paper" does not apply to the wrapping of a cigarette containing cut tobacco which has been made and packaged by a corporation regularly engaged in the manufacture of tobacco products.
(2)
Cigarette rolling paper means a thin piece of paper which is customarily manufactured and distributed in a package of numerous such sheets apart from tobacco and which is marketed for subsequent use by an individual as a container in rolling the contents or core of a cigarette.
(b)
It is unlawful for any person or his agent or employee to sell, offer, offer for sale, give, or distribute without charge cigarette rolling papers to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(c)
It is unlawful for any person or his agent or employee to display for sale, sell, offer, offer for sale, give, or distribute without charge cigarette rolling paper at any retail or commercial establishment which does not engage in the sale of over the counter tobacco products.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 14-156 (2026)
Sec. 14-156. PenaltyLinkCopy Citation
Any person who violates any provision of this Division shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00 or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or both.