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2025 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 10 - Cannabis
CHAPTER 15 - Advertising and Marketing Restrictions
Section 26153.

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CA Bus & Prof Code § 26153 (2025)
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26153. (a) A licensee shall not give away any amount of cannabis or cannabis products, or any cannabis accessories, as part of a business promotion or other commercial activity.

(b) For purposes of this section, the donation of cannabis or cannabis products by a licensee to a patient or the primary caregiver of a patient pursuant to Section 26071 shall not be considered a business promotion or other commercial activity.

(c) For purposes of this section, the provision of cannabis or cannabis products by a licensee pursuant to Section 26153.1 shall not be considered a business promotion or other commercial activity.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 70, Sec. 75. (AB 141) Effective July 12, 2021. Note: This section was added on Nov. 8, 2016, by initiative Prop. 64.)

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