what is paraphernalia

The term "paraphernalia" refers to a collection of items or equipment associated with a particular activity, hobby, or lifestyle. It can also specifically refer to articles of equipment designed for a particular use or activity, or items typically associated with a particular activity, subject, etc. For example, sports paraphernalia refers to the equipment and items associated with sports. In a legal context, the term "drug paraphernalia" refers to any equipment, product, or material primarily intended or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, concealing, producing, processing, preparing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance