Your Pockets Are ‘Pot Paraphernalia’ On Bainbridge Island

Ever hear that if cops really want to bust you, they can find a way? Well, maybe it’s true.Because there’s no local statute for misdemeanor level marijuana possession — under 40 grams — if you get arrested on Bainbridge Island, in Washington’s Puget Sound, you aren’t prosecuted under any law dealing with pot, reports Josh Farley at the Kitsap Sun.But that won’t keep you from being busted.”We can arrest someone for having drug paraphernalia,” said Scott Weiss, an island officer. “But not for marijuana.”Turns out “paraphernalia” can be defined pretty loosely, to say the least.”Even if they have marijuana in their pocket, then the pocket becomes the paraphernalia,” Kitsap County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Claire Bradley said.