(a) Marijuana means all parts of all varieties of the plant cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. “Marijuana” does not include: The mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted therefrom, fiber, oil, or cake or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination.
(b) Drug paraphernalia means all equipment and materials of any kind which are used, or primarily intended 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 and in violation of Chapter 21, Article 57 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. “Drug paraphernalia” shall include, but is not limited to:
(1) Kits used or intended for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing or harvesting any species of plant which is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance can be derived;
(2) Kits used or intended for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing or preparing controlled substances;
(3) Isomerization devices used or intended for use in increasing the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled substance;
(4) Testing equipment used or intended for use in identifying or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness or purity of controlled substances;
(5) Scales and balances used or intended for use in weighing or measuring controlled substances;
(6) Diluents and adulterants, including, but not limited to, quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose and lactose, which are used or intended for use in cutting controlled substances;
(7) Separation gins and sifters used or intended for use in removing twigs and seeds from or otherwise cleaning or refining marijuana;
(8) Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons and mixing devices used or intended for use in compounding controlled substances;
(9) Capsules, balloons, envelopes, bags and other containers used or intended for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances;
(10) Containers and other objects used or intended for use in storing or concealing controlled substances;
(11) Hypodermic syringes, needles and other objects used or intended for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body;
(12) Objects used or primarily intended or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introducing marijuana, cocaine, hashish, hashish oil, phencyclidine (PCP), methamphetamine or amphetamine 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, bongs or smoking pipes designed to draw smoke through water or another cooling device;
(C) Carburetion pipes, glass or other heat resistant tubes or any other device used, intended to be used, or designed to be used to cause vaporization of a controlled substance for inhalation;
(D) Smoking and carburetion masks;
(E) Roach clips, objects used to hold burning material, such as a marijuana cigarette, that has become too small or too short to be held in the hand;
(F) Miniature cocaine spoons and cocaine vials;
(G) Chamber smoking pipes;
(H) Carburetor smoking pipes;
(I) Electric smoking pipes;
(J) Air-driven smoking pipes;
(K) Chillums;
(L) Bongs;
(M) Ice pipes or chillers;
(N) Any smoking pipe manufactured to disguise its intended purpose;
(O) Wired cigarette papers; or
(P) Cocaine freebase kits.
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(a) Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Substance Act, K.S.A. 65-1101 et seq., and amendments thereto, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess marijuana within the city of St. John, Kansas.
(b) The penalty for a first conviction of this section shall be a fine not exceeding $1,000.00, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both a fine and imprisonment. A penalty for a second conviction of this section shall be a fine not exceeding $2,500.00, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
(c) Violation of this Section shall be a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) For offenders 21 years of age or younger, upon a conviction, plea of no contest or guilty for violation of this Section, or upon the entering of a diversion agreement based upon a violation of this Section, the municipal court judge shall orders such person to submit to and complete an alcohol and drug evaluation by a community based alcohol and drug safety action program certified pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1008, and amendments thereto.
(e) Any person who is diverted on a charge alleging a violation of this section may be required by the city attorney to obtain a drug abuse evaluation. Based upon the results of such evaluation, the offender may be required to follow the recommendations of the drug abuse evaluation as a condition of such diversion agreement.
(f) The municipal court judge shall order any person convicted of a charge alleging a violation of this Section to pay the laboratory analysis fees specified by K.S.A. 28-176, and amendments thereto, as an additional cost provided that forensic laboratory services were rendered or administered in conjunction with the case. Any diversion agreement for a charge alleging a violation of this Section shall also contain a provision requiring the defendant to pay such laboratory analysis fees provided that forensic laboratory services were rendered in conjunction with the case.
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person within the city of St. John, Kansas to use or possess with intent to use any drug paraphernalia to:
(1) Manufacture, cultivate, plant, propagate, harvest, test, analyze or distribute a controlled substance; or
(2) Store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce a controlled substance into the human body.
(b) 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:
(1) Statements by an owner or person in control of the object concerning its use;
(2) Prior convictions, if any, of an owner or person in control of the object, under any state or federal law relating to any controlled substance;
(3) The proximity of the object, in time and space, to a direct violation of K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and amendments thereto;
(4) The proximity of the object to controlled substances;
(5) The existence of any residue of controlled substances on the object;
(6) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner or person in control of the object, to deliver it to a person the owner or person in control of the object knows, or should reasonably know, intends to use the object to facilitate a violation of K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and amendments thereto. The innocence of an owner or person in control of the object as to a direct violation of K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and amendments thereto, shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended for use as drug paraphernalia;
(7) Oral or written instructions provided with the object concerning its use;
(8) Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use;
(9) National and local advertising concerning the object’s use;
(10) The manner in which the object is displayed for sale;
(11) Whether the owner or person in control of the object is a legitimate supplier of similar or related items to the community, such as a distributor or dealer of tobacco products;
(12) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the object or objects to the total sales of the business enterprise;
(13) The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community;
(14) Expert testimony concerning the object’s use;
(15) Any evidence that alleged paraphernalia can or has been used to store a controlled substance or to introduce a controlled substance into the human body as opposed to any legitimate use for the alleged paraphernalia; or
(16) Advertising of the item in magazines or other means which specifically glorify, encourage or espouse the illegal use, manufacture, distribution or cultivation of controlled substances.
(c) The fact that an item has not yet been used or did not contain a controlled substance at the time of the seizure is not a defense to a charge that the item was possessed with the intention for use as drug paraphernalia.
(d) The penalty for a violation of this section shall be a fine not exceeding $2,500.00, or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment as may be just for any one offense.
(e) Violation of this section is a Class A violation.
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