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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57928</law_id><section_number>4.1-1108</section_number><catch_line>Consuming marijuana or marijuana products, or offering to another, in public place; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="4.1">Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Cannabis Control Act</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="11">Possession of Retail Marijuana and Retail Marijuana Products; Prohibited Practices Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No person shall consume <span class="dictionary">marijuana</span> or a <span class="dictionary">marijuana</span> product or offer <span class="dictionary">marijuana</span> or a <span class="dictionary">marijuana</span> product to another, whether accepted or not, at or in any <span class="dictionary">public place</span>. <a id="paragraph-212166" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-1108/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person who violates this section is subject to a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of no more than $25 for a first <span class="dictionary">offense</span>. A person who is convicted under this section of a second <span class="dictionary">offense</span> is subject to a $25 civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> and shall be ordered to enter a <span class="dictionary">substance abuse treatment</span> or education program or both, if available, that in the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> best suits the needs of the <span class="dictionary">accused</span>. A person convicted under this section of a third or subsequent <span class="dictionary">offense</span> is guilty of a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-212167" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/4.1-1108/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 550, 551.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
