N.Y. General Business Law Section 850
Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words or terms shall have the following meanings:

1.

“Controlled substance” shall have the same meaning as defined in Public Health Law § 3302 (Definitions of terms of general use in this article)section three thousand three hundred two of the public health law.

2.

(a) “Drug-related paraphernalia” consists of the following objects used for the following purposes:

(i)

Kits, used or designed for the purpose of planting, propagating, cultivating, growing or harvesting of any species of plant which is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance can be derived;

(ii)

Kits, used or designed for the purpose of manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, or preparing controlled substances;

(iii)

Isomerization devices, used or designed for the purpose of increasing the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled substance;

(iv)

Scales and balances, used or designed for the purpose of weighing or measuring controlled substances;

(v)

Diluents and adulterants, including but not limited to quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose and lactose, used or designed for the purpose of cutting controlled substances;

(vi)

and (vii) Objects, used or designed for the purpose of ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cocaine into the human body.

(b)

“Drug-related paraphernalia” shall not include hypodermic needles, hypodermic syringes and other objects used for the purpose of parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body.

Source: Section 850 — Definitions, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GBS/850 (updated Oct. 15, 2021; accessed Nov. 8, 2025).

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