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SECTION 222.50
Criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE M, ARTICLE 222
§ 222.50 Criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree.

A person is guilty of criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree
when:

1. he or she knowingly and unlawfully sells more than three ounces of
cannabis or more than twenty-four grams of concentrated cannabis; or

2. being twenty-one years of age or older, he or she knowingly and
unlawfully sells or gives, or causes to be given or sold, cannabis or
concentrated cannabis to a person less than twenty-one years of age;
except that in any prosecution under this subdivision, it is a defense
that the defendant was less than three years older than the person under
the age of twenty-one at the time of the offense. This subdivision shall
not apply to designated caregivers, practitioners, employees of a
registered organization or employees of a designated caregiver facility
acting in compliance with article three of the cannabis law.

Criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree is a class A
misdemeanor.