People v. Koon

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a person must actually be affected by the marijuana, not merely have it present in their system
• holding that “under the influence” means a person was affected by the controlled substance
• holding that “the MMMA is inconsistent with, and therefore supersedes, [the Motor Vehicle Code’s zero tolerance provision,] MCL 257.625(8)[,] unless a registered qualifying patient loses immunity because of his or her failure to act in accordance with the MMMA”
• stating that the Medical Marijuana Act provides immunity from prosecution for otherwise criminal acts
• explaining that the MMMA operated to “shield[] registered patients from prosecution” when such prosecution was based on a patient’s medical use of marijuana, so long as that patient was in compliance with the MMMA
• “The MMMA, rather than legalizing marijuana, functions by providing registered patients with immunity from prosecution for the medical use of marijuana.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).