Walk It Through: The Joint in the Console
An ounce bought at 21, a sealed bag in the trunk, and 5 ng/ml at the wheel.
An adult well over 21 buys an ounce of marijuana at a dispensary.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An adult with a legal purchase in a private car. A medical cardholder, a commercial driver, federal land and growing at home are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Drug paraphernaliaUsing or possessing paraphernalia to grow, make, store, inject, ingest or inhale a dangerous drug is a misdemeanor, outside what the marijuana law allows.
- DUIDriving, or being in actual physical control of, a vehicle on the ways of the state open to the public while under the influence of alcohol or any drug, or with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or a THC level of 5 ng/ml or more.