Health and Safety Code 11360—Marijuana Sales and Transportation

Under California Health and Safety Code 11360, it is a crime to sell or exchange marijuana for either money, services, or anything else of value without a state license. 

How Can I be Convicted of Violating California’s Marijuana Sales Laws?

1. The defendant was responsible for selling, producing for sale, administering, or transporting marijuana in or into the state of California.
2. The defendant knew of its presence
3. The defendant knew of the substance’s nature or character as a controlled substance
4. The controlled substance was marijuana
5. And
6. The marijuana possessed by the defendant weighed more than 28.5 grams. 

• You sold, furnished, administered, imported, gave away or transported for sale a usable quantity of marijuana. 
• You did not have a license to distributed marijuana in CA and
• You knew of its presence and its nature as a controlled element