Mehler calls himself “the dopest lawyer in town” because his specialty is defending those arrested for marijuana crimes. “You’ve seen them blossoming in the local market and a lot of these convenience stores selling glass pipes, grinders and even water pipes what might be called colloquially a bong,” says San Marcos-based lawyer Daniel Mehler.
Nevertheless, drug paraphernalia is easy to find and easy to buy. A conviction or guilty plea for drug paraphernalia can result in a criminal record. Possession of Drug Paraphernalia is a Class C misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine up to $500. “How the law is interpreted is that it’s not against the law to have this glass tobacco water pipe, but if I had it with marijuana then it becomes drug paraphernalia.”Īnd that’s when a glass pipe becomes illegal. “When I went on my first inspection, I saw all this paraphernalia and I went ‘why? Why? Why can they sell it?’ So when I poked around and asked the question I was told case law,” Sides says. Sides says many convenience stores in San Antonio are now basically “head shops” – a slang term for a retail outlet specializing in paraphernalia used for consumption of marijuana and harder drugs like crack and meth. “Some call it a ‘happy meal.’ It has the Brillo and the little pipe,” says Sides. This is what San Antonio Police Lt. Jimmy Sides says is a ready bag for smoking crack or meth.
In line in front of me, a guy is asking the clerk for a thin glass pipe, a Chore Boy copper Brillo pad and two lighters.
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There’s a handwritten sign that reads: “For Tobacco Use.”īut maybe not, because one of the glass pipes has the decal of a marijuana leaf and the number 420 – which is code for smoking pot. The clerk says it sells for $16.99. In a corner store on Fredericksburg Road, there’s a display of glass pipes next to the cash register. The goal is to remove the convenience of bongs from convenience stores. San Antonio could become the first city in Texas to adopt an ordinance that would crack down on crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia.
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