Can Medical Marijuana Patients Be Charged With DUI? Combs Waterkotte attorney Joshua Boardman 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: Can medical marijuana patients be charged With DUI?
Joshua Boardman: They sure can because it’s not necessarily the consideration of whether or not the defendant was utilizing marijuana, but it’s more an analysis of was that utilization causing impairment. So, a medical marijuana card holder can operate a motor vehicle in an impaired state just like a non-card holder can.
