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, the latter particularly used when freebasing methamphetamine or crack cocaine.

Pizzo

A pizzo[1] – also known as an pilo, oil burner, bubble, tweak pipe, meth pipe, gack pipe, crank pipe, crack pipe, pookie pipe, chicken bone, or ice pipe – AKA “Billy” – is a glass pipe which consists of a tube connected to a spherical bulb with a small opening on top designed for freebasing methamphetamine or crack cocaine as well as other drugs. There are some legitimate uses for these pipes including applying the hole "on the top of an eucalyptus bottle" for inhaling aromas or moisture.[2][3][4]

An oil burner pipe, commonly used in ingestion of free base psychoactive substances though inhalation.

These pipes are often sold at head shops and convenience stores, though local and national restrictions often apply and sellers may be subject to fines and/or jail time. In Modesto, California, local investigators seized thousands of oil burners from head shops. Eight people were subjected to citations which could bring up to $1,000 in fines and possibly six months of jail time.[5]

Pizzos are often advertised as "oil burners" or "mystic vases" designed for burning incense oils. Wish.com has listed the glass item as a "Colored Glass Oil Burner Pipe"[6] and received criticism from the Queensland government as the region struggled to battle the rising use of methamphetamine.[7]

Love rose

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.[8] They are commonly sold at convenience stores in the United States, particularly in inner-city locations.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "WeHo Public Safety Commission to Consider Ban on Sale of Meth Pipes". WEHOville. 2016-11-15. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Meth Pipe Pictures". meth-abuse.com. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Mozingo, Joe (2015-06-14). "A gritty life for those on the edge". graphics.latimes.com. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Raguso, Emilie (2008-10-16). "Modesto police cracking down on 'head shops'". modbee. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Luke Mortimer (2018-04-10). "Facebook site pushing ice-pipes to regional Queenslanders". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Loomes, Phoebe (16 September 2019). "Major online retailer selling illegal crack pipes and drug paraphernalia". NewsComAu. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. ↑ DiSalvo, David (July 12, 2012). "A Rose in a Glass By Any Other Name is a Crack Pipe". Forbes.com. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Reist, Margaret (January 16, 2005). "A rose by another name: crack pipe". Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska). Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  10. ↑ Terry Greene Sterling. Illegal: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-0-7627-6618-5.
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