Green light (legal July 1)
Smoking or otherwise consuming marijuana at home or in other private places
Starting a small (four plants maximum per residence) pot garden (out of public view) on your own property
Possessing up to eight ounces of usable marijuana at home
Carrying up to one ounce of usable marijuana on your person
Yellow light (legal eventually)
Growing or processing cannabis for sale in the recreational market
Selling recreational marijuana products
Red light (not legal)
Consuming cannabis in public (i.e. on the street and in bars/restaurants)
Smoking weed under the age of 21
For personal use, growing more than four plants, having more than eight ounces, or carrying more than one ounce on your person
Driving while under the influence of marijuana
Other considerations
Even though it is now legal for adults 21 and over to grow, posses, and consume marijuana, your employer may still drug test you and deny or revoke employment based on the results. You do not have a constitutional right to smoke weed.
This article appears in Jun 24 – Jul 1, 2015.
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