Regulación sobre el uso y posesión de productos de cannabis en vehículos

Explicación Simple

No puedes usar cannabis o productos relacionados mientras conduces. Si tienes cannabis en tu auto, debe estar bien cerrado y en su empaque original.

Es como llevar comida en el auto: si la comida está en un envase abierto, puede derramarse y hacer un desastre. Lo mismo pasa con el cannabis; si no está guardado correctamente, puede ser un problema.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan va a una fiesta y lleva comestibles de cannabis en su auto. Si los lleva en su paquete original, todo está bien. Pero si abre el paquete o los saca de su envase, podría meterse en problemas si lo detienen en la carretera.

Penalidades

Puede haber consecuencias legales por uso o posesión inapropiada de cannabis en un vehículo.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

As used in this section: (1) "motor vehicle" does not include motorboats in operation or off-road recreational vehicles except while operated on a roadway or shoulder of a roadway that is not part of a grant-in-aid trail or trail designated for that vehicle by the commissioner of natural resources; and (2) "possession" means either that the person had actual possession of the package or that the person consciously exercised dominion and control over the package. It is a crime for a person to use cannabis flower, a cannabis product, a lower-potency hemp edible, a hemp-derived consumer product, or any other product containing an artificially derived cannabinoid in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is on a street or highway. It is a crime for a person to have in possession, while in a private motor vehicle on a street or highway, any cannabis flower, a cannabis product, a lower-potency hemp edible, a hemp-derived consumer product, or any other product containing an artificially derived cannabinoid that: (1) is in packaging or another container that does not comply with the relevant packaging requirements in chapter 152 or 342; (2) has been removed from the packaging in which it was sold; (3) is in packaging that has been opened or the seal has been broken; or (4) is in packaging of which the contents have been partially removed. It is a crime for the owner of any private motor vehicle or the driver, if the owner is not present in the motor vehicle, to keep or allow to be kept in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is on a street or highway any cannabis flower, a cannabis product, a lower-potency hemp edible, a hemp-derived consumer product, or any other product containing an artificially derived cannabinoid that: (1) is in packaging or another container that does not