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Vehicle Code § 23221

ARTICLE 2. Offenses Involving Alcohol and Drugs

Current as of September 28, 2026Veh. Code, § 23221Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 232, Sec. 2. (SB 65) Effective January 1, 2018.

(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.