In their defense, the police can't just assume it was used for drugs without evidence (although I don't know if they can prosecute anyone even if it was used for drugs, since they can't prove who was smoking it).Battalion Fire Chief Steve Sapp says police confiscated the bong and took samples to determine whether it was used for drugs.
Also, in our unfortunate sue-happy world, the article can't just defame the character of the upstanding college studentsby assuming they would smoke weed.