(a) Prohibition. Except for legitimate medical purposes, a person may not possess or use in the County the plant known as datura stramonium, also known as "Jimson weed".
(b) Rebuttable presumption. Unless it is consumed for legitimate medical purposes, consumption of datura stramonium creates a rebuttable presumption of intention to obtain an intoxicating, hallucinatory, or poisonous effect.
(c) Sanctions for violation. A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both for the first offense and a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding two years or both for a subsequent offense.
(1985 Code, Art. 11, § 5-106) (Bill No. 19-21)
State Code reference – 1968 Md. Laws, Ch. 695, § 1.