California Proposition 64
- Legalizes marijuana under state law, for use by adults 21 or older.
- Designates state agencies to license and regulate marijuana industry.
- Imposes state excise tax of 15% on retail sales of marijuana, and state cultivation taxes on marijuana of $9.25 per ounce of flowers and $2.75 per ounce of leaves.
- Exempts medical marijuana from some taxation.
- Establishes packaging, labeling, advertising, and marketing standards and restrictions for marijuana products.
- Prohibits marketing and advertising marijuana directly to minors.
- Allows local regulation and taxation of marijuana.
- Authorizes re-sentencing and destruction of records for prior marijuana convictions.
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Ballotpedia page for Prop 64
Prohibited Activities
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Smoking, vaporizing, or ingesting cannabis or cannabis related products in public places.
- Smoking or vaporizing cannabis or cannabis related products in any location where smoking tobacco is prohibited, or within 1,000 feet of a school, day care or youth center where children are present.
- Consumption of cannabis, or possession of an open container of cannabis or cannabis related products while driving, or riding in the passenger seat of any motor vehicle used for transportation.
- Possessing, smoking, or ingesting cannabis or cannabis related products on the grounds of a school, day care or youth center while children are present.
- Manufacturing of concentrated cannabis products with volatile solvents. "Volatile solvents" meaning solvents that are flammable, or explosive when present in sufficient quantities (i.e. Butane).