Selling or Gifting Marijuana to a Minor

In HSC 11361, Selling or Gifting Marijuana to a Minor crime, Proposition 64 (recreational marijuana legalization) means that anyone over 21 may legally purchase, possess and use an ounce or less of marijuana in California. But this does not apply to minors.

Using for Medical

With the exception of minors who are legally allowed to use medical cannabis, it is still illegal for those under 21 to possess marijuana, and there are strict laws regarding distribution of marijuana to anyone under 18. It also makes it illegal to hire or use a minor in a marijuana business.

Lows for Adults

Health and Safety Code 11361 HS, selling or gifting marijuana to a minor is a California marijuana law that makes it a crime for adults to:

• sell, give or merely offer marijuana to a minor,
• induce a minor to use marijuana, or
• employ or use a minor to transport, sell or give away marijuana.
  

   

  Health and Safety Code, Section 11361(a), law states:

  Every person 18 years of age or over who hires, employs, or uses a minor in unlawfully transporting, carrying, selling, giving away, preparing for sale, or peddling any marijuana, who unlawfully sells, or offers to sell, any marijuana to a minor, or who furnishes, administers, or gives, or offers to furnish, administer, or give any marijuana to a minor under 14 years of age, or who induces a minor to use marijuana in violation of law shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a period of three, five, or seven years.

  Health and Safety Code, Section 11361(b)law states:

  Every person 18 years of age or over who furnishes, administers, or gives, or offers to furnish, administer, or give, any marijuana to a minor 14 years of age or older shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a period of three, four, or five years.

  In addition to Health and Safety Code 11361, you may also be charged with CA Penal Code 272, “contributing to the delinquency of a minor“.