Transportation Law
If pulled over by a police officer with cannabis present in the vehicle, the visual presence of cannabis, the smell of cannabis, or other evidence of cannabis may compel the officer to perform a series of tests to determine the driver’s sobriety.
What are field sobriety tests?
These types of attorneys help cannabis entrepreneurs create and maintain legally operating cannabis businesses
What are Cannabis Business Attorneys?
In California, driving after or while consuming cannabis can result in a criminal charge.
What is driving under the influence?
This state was the first to legalize medical cannabis.
What is the state of California?
A police officer stops you, a 21 year old, on the sidewalk and you have an entire ounce (28g) of bud in your back pocket. Will you catch a possession charge; why or why not?
No because the legal limit for possession of recreational cannabis flower is 28.5g
The legality of transporting Cannabis from one state to another state is determined by this type of law
What is Federal Cannabis Law?
Cultivation, testing, manufacturing, distribution, and retail are all examples of what kinds of licenses
What are Cannabis Business Licenses?
It’s legal to consume cannabis inside a vehicle as long as these conditions are met…
The vehicle is parked on private property, there’s no intent to drive, and there are no minors present.
Which branch of government has the power to change State cannabis laws?
What is the Legislative Branch?(congress/state government answer accepted)
If a person 21 or older possesses more than 28.5 grams of cannabis and is caught, they can catch this type of criminal charge.
What is a Misdemeanor?
Consistently, this is the only time when the scent of cannabis is probable cause to search your vehicle in CA
When the driver/passengers are under 21
In the Cannabis business industry, excise tax, sales tax, and local business tax are all considered these types of taxes
What are Cannabis Business Taxes?
Getting caught consuming cannabis on a public sidewalk or in a park can result in this penalty.
What is a 100$ fine?
Even in legal states, consuming cannabis at these places is strictly illegal.
What is federal property or national parks?
When these conditions are met, an adult can obtain a medical card or medical cannabis recommendation letter in California.
1) Resident of CA who is 18 years or older, 2) Has a qualifying medical condition, 3) Has been evaluated by a licensed physician. **DBL points for getting all 3!**
Following all other laws regarding cannabis use, a driver of legal age is not infringing cannabis transportation law if the cannabis in their vehicle satisfies these 2 conditions
Sealed & not readily accessible to the driver
Cannabis products of all businesses must be tested by licensed laboratories for potency, pesticides, heavy metals, and impurities, the results of which must be labeled on the respective cannabis products
What are Cannabis Business Testing and Labeling standards?
If you’re caught consuming cannabis in a car parked on the street, you could be fined for violating this rule
What is the "Open Container" law?
Under which federal act is Cannabis deemed a schedule 1 drug, along with others such as Heroin, LSD, MDMA and Ecstasy?
What is the Controlled Substance Act?
In the state of California, adults aged 21+ can legally possess to grow ___ cannabis plants at a time.
6 plants
This is the legal amount of cannabis concentrate a person 21 or older can transport
What is 8 grams of cannabis concentrate?
The purpose of California’s Cannabis Track-and-Trace system
To monitor cannabis and record its inventory movement across businesses from seed to sale
This is the only kind of public business venue where adults can legally consume cannabis, assuming all other licensing laws are followed
What is a Cannabis Consumption Lounge?
This U.S. Constitutional Amendment is often cited as the basis for states to enact their own cannabis laws, as it reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to the states.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Medical cannabis patients can possess up to this amount of dried cannabis, unless a larger amount is required and validated under the Compassionate Use Act.
Up to 8 ounces of dried Cannabis.