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As a public service, Oaksterdam News provides the following brief summary of California’s current marijuana laws.
• Health and Safety code 11357 -- Having less than 28.5g (an ounce) of marijuana is a $100 fine; hashish or larger amounts are $500 fines, plus possible jail time.
• 11358 -- Prison for cultivation or processing cannabis, or diversion for first time personal garden
• 11359 -- Prison for intent to distribute
• 11360 -- Prison for sales, furnishing or transportation, $100 fine for furnishing less than 28.5g
• 11361 -- Prison for involving a minor
• 11362.5 -- Exemption to 11357 and 11358 for qualified people with a physician’s approval
• 11362.7 -- Voluntary medical ID cards, limited immunity from 11357, 11358 for up to eight ounces of bud and six mature plants, limited immunity from HS 11570, 11359, 11360, and 11366
• 11362.8 -- Prison for violating ID card program
• 11366 -- Maintaining a place where cannabis is sold or cultivated (also 11366a, 11570)
• Vehicle Code 23222 -- Transportation of less than 28.5g.
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Since its opening in 2007, Oaksterdam University has been the topic of
much debate in the media. The ground breaking school has been featured
on Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC, NPR, G4 TV, Current TV, National Geographic,
as well as countless local news stations.
