The drug paraphernalia statute, U.S. Code Title 21 Section 863, makes it “unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale drug paraphernalia; to use the mails or any other facility of interstate commerce to transport drug paraphernalia; or to import or export drug paraphernalia.”

Is paraphernalia still illegal?

It's legal to possess marijuana paraphernalia in California–but not because of the marijuana legalization law Proposition 64. ... And California's drug paraphernalia law now even makes an exception for syringes and hypodermic needles that are acquired from a safe, legal source like a pharmacy or needle/syringe exchange.

When did drug paraphernalia become illegal?

United States. In the US, enterprising individuals would sell items openly in the street, until anti-paraphernalia laws in the 1980s eventually ended the practice. With the growth of the Internet, drug paraphernalia sellers have greatly expanded their sales to a worldwide market.