Love rose

Colloquially referred to as a methoscope, a love rose consists of a glass tube with a paper or plastic rose inside of it, and a bit of cork or foil on the ends to keep the rose from falling out. While ostensibly intended as romantic gifts, their primary known use is as a pipe to smoke drugs such as crack cocaine or methamphetamine.[1] They are commonly sold at convenience stores in the United States, particularly in inner-city locations.[2][3]

A love rose being used to smoke crack cocaine

Crack cocaine users remove the cork or foil from the ends, discard the rose, and put a small piece of copper scouring pad or similar metallic material into the end to act as a "filter". The pipes are not durable, and must be replaced often.

Another variant known as a pizzo, commonly used as a pipe for the consumption of methamphetamine, has a round bulbous shape opposite the open end of the glass tube.

See also

References
  1. DiSalvo, David (July 12, 2012). "A Rose in a Glass By Any Other Name is a Crack Pipe". Forbes.com. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. Reist, Margaret (January 16, 2005). "A rose by another name: crack pipe". Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska). Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Terry Greene Sterling. Illegal: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-0-7627-6618-5.
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