I live in Indiana. At a yard sale, I found some really cool lab glassware that would make great rooting containers for houseplants, not to mention cool looking vases!
I figured for .50 each, I’d get them.
I came home, and told my husband about them, and he just about had a fit. He said that lab glassware is illegal to own. I can’t find much about it, other than for Texas. Is my husband right about this? Should I bust 'em up, and put them out with the trash, or what?
If true, then I suppose that a legitimate lab (such as in a high school) would need some sort of permit or license for them. Never heard of such a thing, but who knows?
I’ve never heard of it, either. The ones I got were big, round flasks, with three necks coming off the top.
Also, Amazon would be in big trouble…
Most places, the glassware is legal to own. A few places have restrictions. I know Texas does, Illinois may also.
Nothing to worry about if you’ve got flowers in a 3-neck flask, you aren’t going to be arrested for it.
And for goodness sakes, don’t destroy that stuff. Sell it on eBay. 
Recent previous thread. And the idea makes no sense to me. You certainly don’t need real lab glassware to make meth, and it’s useful for other stuff.
I suppose it’s possible that some jurisdiction somewhere might consider it to be “drug paraphernalia,” for cooking meth or whatever.
Some states have restrictions on certain glasswares due to their utility in drug production. If you are concerned, I’d recommend contacting your local government to see if you can get a bye.
No part of the Drug War makes sense, nor ever has. It’s all about generating income for police and prisons.
Even if they are illegal, nobody is going to be breaking down your door and hauling you away for possession. Go ahead and plant.
Does it look like this?
Sort of. The ones I have are much more bulbous, and they’re 200ml.
Thank you, everyone, for your replies!
When I was a kid, I bought all kinds of labware at the hobby shop.
When I was homeschooling my daughter eight or ten years ago, I went into a school supply store that stocked a lot of stuff for homeschoolers, and they had tons of flasks, beakers, and other accoutrements.
I buy lab ware for my business online and dont know of any laws against it. There may be illegal uses for it, but it not illegal in and of itself AFAIK.
Ok. Thank you GWR, and SerafinaPekala.
Ballpoint pens can be used for forging checks, too, so if I were you, I’d keep my supply of PaperMates where I can flush them down the toilet easily.
Apparently, Texas does list the glassware as “precursors” to crime. Even Adapter Tubes are on the list:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/regulatoryservices/narcotics/narcprecursor.htm
So in Texas you can be arrested for attempted chemistry?
Dang! I’ve always wanted a “Frankenstein’s Lab” goofy pseudo-chem set-up with lots of bubbling red and green liquids circulating through tubes. Just for appearances, not for anything real.
Get into the marine aquarium hobby. 
Legal in California. Let me recommend a Soxhlet extractor. You can use blue dye in the cold side and red in the hot side.
Set it up to cycle over and over like a kinetic sculpture. With the right solvent it could be solar powered.