{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16a-12-9","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16A-12-9","heading":"Other restrictions.","body":"This act does not permit any person to engage in and does not prevent the imposition of any civil, criminal or other penalty for the following:\n(1) Undertaking any task under the influence of medical cannabis when doing so would constitute negligence, professional malpractice or professional misconduct.\n(2) Possessing or using medical cannabis in a state correctional facility or Regional Jail Authority facility, including a facility owned or operated or under contract with the Bureau of Corrections or the Regional Jail Authority, which houses inmates serving a portion of their sentences on parole or other community correction program.\n(3) Possessing or using medical cannabis in a youth detention center or other facility which houses children adjudicated delinquent, including the separate, secure state-owned facility or unit utilized for sexually violent delinquent children.","path":["CHAPTER 16A. MEDICAL CANNABIS ACT.","ARTICLE 12. OFFENSES RELATED TO MEDICAL CANNABIS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16A-12-9/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:47Z","sha256":"0c358653260868ebb0d2634085c32a8baf6385aa5e5657ca90bdc34a963e063c","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16a-12-8","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16a-13-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}