Federal law defines drug paraphernalia as those products primarily intended or designed to be used in ingesting, inhaling or otherwise using controlled substances, and include devices such as miniature scales, substances for "cutting" raw narcotics, water and marijuana pipes, roach clips, miniature spoons and cocaine freebase kits.
"Today's actions send a clear and unambiguous message to those who would poison our children: We will bring you to justice, and we will act decisively to protect our young people from the harms of illegal drugs," Mr. Walters said.
Federal law provides for a maximum sentence of three years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both, for each count charged.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030225-5341290.htm

Notice the common expression "Today's actions send a ... message ...". This is a functional
equivalent of "We must make an example of them."
The first time I heard that expression was in an old movie where the NAZIs put a
bunch of innocent people up against a wall and machine gunned them.