Is it true that Michigan passed a law outlawing glass pipes and bongs?
NEW LEGISLATION MAKES SALE OF BONGS, PIPES ILLEGAL Retailers who sell bongs, dugouts and pipes designed for drug use will face prosecution after March 20, thanks to legislation signed into law by the governor in December. The legislation, which has direct ties to a case heard in Alpena County in 2003, closes a loophole that allowed the continued sale of these items despite a law that prohibits businesses from selling drug paraphernalia in Michigan. Bongs, dugouts and pipes were exempt because they could be used to smoke tobacco or herbs. “That exemption is now gone,” said Presque Isle County Prosecutor Richard Steiger, who handled the case while he served as an assistant prosecutor with the Alpena County prosecutor’s office. “With the loophole now closed up, it will be illegal for businesses to continue to sell those items in the State of Michigan.” The case arose when the Alpena County prosecutor’s office gave notice to Concert Connection owner Wayne Gauthier that he would be prosecut
