# Should Amazon sell cocaine vials with spoons? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028 "2021-06-25T23:21:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/1 "2021-06-25T23:21:37Z")
What do you think of Amazon selling these? Amazon is not the direct seller, but they do fulfill the orders. [https://www.amazon.com/Small-Glass-Bottle-Snuff-Pocket/dp/B0160BB0ZQ](https://www.amazon.com/Small-Glass-Bottle-Snuff-Pocket/dp/B0160BB0ZQ) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/2 "2021-06-25T23:24:03Z")
What’s the problem? It’s perfectly legal to go to your local head shop and buy them. Why not have em delivered? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/3 "2021-06-25T23:24:20Z")
It’s not them. It’s a third party and Amazon likely isn’t even aware of it. Plus, based on the reviews it’s garbage and it seems the third party is scamming people by sending out different items or even just empty boxes (IOW, it’s not amazon). What you can do, if it violates their rules, is report the seller to them. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/4 "2021-06-25T23:35:57Z")
The pandemic hit everyone, coke users included. They should be able to take advantage of door-to-door delivery, just like the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/5 "2021-06-26T00:43:32Z")
You can buy antique snuff bottles with spoons, why not new ones? This has been going for a long, long time. Nothing to see here. Nobody sez you have to put cocaine in them. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/6 "2021-06-26T01:22:16Z")
Items with multiple theoretical uses. Like convenience store crack pipes]([Nothing says I love you like a crack pipe](https://heraldcourier.com/news/nothing-says-i-love-you-like-a-crack-pipe/article_0f42ead0-75c8-508d-8b55-01589dc39258.html)). And one time on the way home from the beach I found in a convenience store bags full of tiny zip-lock bags, around 1/2 inch and 1/4 inch square. I tbought they would be great for storing individual shark teeth and small shells. It wasn’t until _years_ later it dawned on me why they were really selling them. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/7 "2021-06-26T01:35:32Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > The pandemic hit everyone, coke users included. They should be able to take advantage of door-to-door delivery, just like the rest of us. \< din-dong! \> “Medellin Calling…!” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/8 "2021-06-26T01:39:23Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > > [@TroutMan](#): > > > > The pandemic hit everyone, coke users included. They should be able to take advantage of door-to-door delivery, just like the rest of us. - > > \< din-dong! \> “Medellin Calling…!” - Or a former ice-cream truck playing “Let It Snow”… ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/9 "2021-06-26T03:32:49Z")
If those godawful onesies are legal, why not these? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/10 "2021-06-26T03:38:19Z")
**Should Amazon sell cocaine vials with spoons?** Only if they give you a price break for buying them together. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/11 "2021-06-26T09:15:28Z")
Only if the vials have cocaine in, otherwise it’s false advertising. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/12 "2021-06-26T12:19:10Z")
“People who bought this, also bought . . . “ ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/13 "2021-06-26T13:54:08Z")
Porn movies. I mean, that’s what I heard. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/14 "2021-06-26T14:11:11Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “People who bought this, also bought . ." Benadryl. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/15 "2021-06-26T14:29:22Z")
According to the **[U.S. Justice Department](https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs6/6445/6445p.pdf)** (lightweight PDF): > **What are drug paraphernalia?** > The term drug paraphernalia refers to any equipment that is used to produce, conceal, and consume illicit drugs. It includes but is not limited to items such as bongs, roach clips, miniature spoons, and various types of pipes. > > **Are drug paraphernalia illegal?** > Yes, drug paraphernalia are illegal. 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. The law doesn’t say the items have to have actually been used for drugs, or have drug residue. ---
**Author:** ![HughGoply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hughgoply/32/7834_2.png) [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/16 "2021-06-26T14:32:43Z")
The consensus appears to be people need cocaine, especially in a pandemic. This place is pretty hip. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/17 "2021-06-26T14:54:54Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “People who bought this, also bought . . . “ Queen Anne spoons… ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/18 "2021-06-26T14:57:11Z")
> [@HughGoply](#): > > The consensus appears to be people need cocaine, especially in a pandemic. This place is pretty hip. I’d say not so much “need” as have a right to make decisions for themselves about what to ingest. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/19 "2021-06-26T14:58:41Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’d say not so much “need”… Speak for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028/20 "2021-06-26T15:08:12Z")
On the topic of “paraphernalia”, I was once stopped by a cop because of a burned out brake light. He noticed two items on my dashboard that gave him pause, so he asked, “What are those?” I replied, “that’s a 4 1/2 inch curved mosquito hemostat, and that’s a 3 cc syringe with a 25 gauge needle attached.” He rolled his eyes and said, “Yeah, I know that”, and I responded, “well then, why’d you ask?” I knew I was getting a ticket for the brake light, he’d made that clear, so I was just messing with him. He then asked what I was using them for and I told him they were a gift for my 9 year old son (I didn’t explain that the hemostats were for removing fish hooks and the syringe/needle were for injecting air into nightcrawlers). I accepted my ticket, replaced the bulb and paid the fine. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-amazon-sell-cocaine-vials-with-spoons/945028.md?page=2)