Drug pipe

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Drug pipes are vessels used as drug paraphernalia to aid the smoking of hard drugs. They usually consist of a glass tube with or without a bulb. Pipes with a bulb are used for crystal methamphetamine (methamphetamine hydrochloride salt). As the heated crystals melt, liquify and start to vaporize, the bubble needs to be rolled over the flame in order to stay within it's vaporization temperature, as too much heat with destroy the compound. This is also the reason why powder cocaine (cocaine hydrochloride salt) cannot be smoked.Pipes with no bulbs are used for freebase cocaine, which has a vaporization point low enough to be smoked, unlike powder cocaine, which burns before any usable amount can be consumed.

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Methamphetamine pipe

A methamphetamine pipe is a glass pipe which consists of a tube connected to a spherical bulb with a small opening on top designed for smoking methamphetamine. A pipe that has been used will have carbon deposit on the exterior of the bulb and white or gray crystal residues on the inner surface. [1] Alternate names include pizzo, [2] tooter [3] pilo, horn, oil burner, bubble, tweak pipe, meth pipe, gack pipe, crank pipe, crack pipe, pookie pipe, chicken bone, or ice pipe.

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Meth pipe

They can also ostensibly be used for legal purposes, including applying the hole "on the top of an eucalyptus bottle" for inhaling aromas or moisture. [4] [5] However, there is a lack of evidence that such devices are used in this manner by ordinary individuals. Many articles of drug paraphernalia are sold under intentionally misleading names and product descriptions to skirt regulation and to refer to their function euphemistically.

These pipes are often sold at head shops and convenience stores. [6]

Pizzos are often advertised as "oil burners" or "mystic vases" designed for burning incense oils. Wish has listed the glass item as a "Colored Glass Oil Burner Pipe" [7] and received criticism from the Queensland government as the region struggled to battle the rising use of methamphetamine. [8]

Fentanyl pipe

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Hammer shaped fentanyl pipe

A fentanyl pipe is a hammer-shaped pipe used to smoke fentanyl pills.[ clarification needed ] [9] [10]

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Crack pipe diagram

Love rose

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A love rose being used to smoke crack cocaine

A love rose is a glass tube with a paper or plastic rose inside of it, and a bit of cork or foil on the ends to keep the rose from falling out. While ostensibly intended as romantic gifts, their primary known use is as a pipe to smoke drugs such as crack cocaine or methamphetamine. [11] They are commonly sold at convenience stores in the United States, particularly in inner-city locations. [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Becker, Ronald F. (October 2004). Criminal Investigation. Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN   978-0-7637-3168-7.
  2. ↑ Louis A. Pagliaro; Ann Marie Pagliaro (1 November 2019). Child and Adolescent Drug and Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Reference Guide. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-351-00947-8. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Covey, Herbert C. (2007). The Methamphetamine Crisis: Strategies to Save Addicts, Families, and Communities. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 9. ISBN   978-0-275-99322-1.
  4. ↑ "WeHo Public Safety Commission to Consider Ban on Sale of Meth Pipes". WEHOville. 2016-11-15. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Mozingo, Joe (2015-06-14). "A gritty life for those on the edge". graphics.latimes.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Raguso, Emilie (2008-10-16). "Modesto police cracking down on 'head shops'". modbee. Archived from the original on 2024-08-04. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Luke Mortimer (2018-04-10). "Facebook site pushing ice-pipes to regional Queenslanders". Daily Mercury. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Loomes, Phoebe (16 September 2019). "Major online retailer selling illegal crack pipes and drug paraphernalia". NewsComAu. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Ciccarone, Daniel; Holm, Nicole; Ondocsin, Jeff; Schlosser, Allison; Fessel, Jason; Cowan, Amanda; Mars, Sarah G. (2024). "Innovation and adaptation: The rise of a fentanyl smoking culture in San Francisco". PLOS ONE. 19 (5) e0303403. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1903403C. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303403 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   11111043 . PMID   38776268.
  10. ↑ "Outreach team brings clean drug supplies to Southwest Portland block". kgw.com. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  11. ↑ DiSalvo, David (July 12, 2012). "A Rose in a Glass By Any Other Name is a Crack Pipe". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  12. ↑ Reist, Margaret (January 16, 2005). "A rose by another name: crack pipe". Lincoln Journal Star. Nebraska. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  13. ↑ Terry Greene Sterling. Illegal: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 126 ff. ISBN   978-0-7627-6618-5.
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