Are Marijuana DUI Penalties the Same as Alcohol DUI in Illinois? Attorney Joshua Boardman from Combs Waterkotte discusses everything you need to know about Illinois DUI criminal charges, including first-time DUI, second DUI, Illinois DUI laws, DUI defense strategies, CDL DUI charges, and more.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: Are marijuana DUI penalties the same as alcohol DUI in Illinois?
Joshua Boardman: Yes, for the first-time DUI, it’s still a Class A misdemeanor. It’s just the mechanism by which you are impaired, but the sentencing is still uniform whether it’s alcohol or whether it’s marijuana.
