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DIVISION 11 - RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 12 - Public Offenses
ARTICLE 2 - Offenses Involving Alcohol and Drugs
Section 23221.
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CA Veh Code § 23221 (2022)
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23221. (a) A driver shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while driving a motor vehicle upon a highway.
(b) A passenger shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while in a motor vehicle being driven upon a highway.
(c) A violation of this section shall be punished as an infraction.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 232, Sec. 2. (SB 65) Effective January 1, 2018.)
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