California § 312. 312. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1530.)

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§ 312. — 312. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1530.)

California § 312.

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Div. 1.DIVISION 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED

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The term “drug” means any substance or combination of substances, other than alcohol, which could so affect the nervous system, brain, or muscles of a person as to impair, to an appreciable degree, his ability to drive a vehicle in the manner that an ordinarily prudent and cautious man, in full possession of his faculties, using reasonable care, would drive a similar vehicle under like conditions.

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The term “drug” means any substance or combination of substances, other than alcohol, which could so affect the nervous system, brain, or muscles of a person as to impair, to an appreciable degree, his ability to drive a vehicle in the manner that an ordinarily prudent and cautious man, in full possession of his faculties, using reasonable care, would drive a similar vehicle under like conditions.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1530.

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§ 312.

312. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1530.)

§ 312.5.

312.5. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 791, Sec. 2.)

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