Veh. Code, § 23221 · Article 2. Offenses Involving Alcohol and Drugs
Veh. Code, § 23221
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 232, Sec. 2. (SB 65) Effective January 1, 2018.
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