“That bong with the leftover water in it?” says Emily Gurnon in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “It can get you in big trouble.” In a 4-3 decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court decided that bong water is a “mixture” with a controlled substance, not “drug paraphernalia.” That distinction matters to Sara Ruth Peck, 46: She now faces more than seven years in jail on a first-degree felony charge, instead of a $300 or less slap-on-the-wrist misdemeanor fine.
It’s hard to think of bong water as a “legitimate drug,” says Emily Kaiser in the Minneapolis City Pages, although we “puked a little” after reading testimony from a narcotics officer that some pot smokers drink their bong water. But hey cops, “here’s an idea: If you find bong water that tests positive for drugs, chances are you’ll find some drugs hanging out somewhere close by.”
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