Vehicles: Driving under the influence.

Existing law makes it unlawful for a person who is under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug to drive a vehicle. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person who is under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug to drive a motor vehicle and concurrently do any act or neglect any duty that proximately causes bodily injury to another person other than the driver. Under existing law, murder is the killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Under existing case law, malice supporting a conviction of murder in the second degree is implied if a defendant consumed enough alcohol to be legally intoxicated, was aware of the hazards of driving while intoxicated, and drives at excessive speeds and in a reckless manner. Existing law requires a person applying for or renewing a driver's license to sign a declaration acknowledging the danger of driving while driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and the possibility that doing so may result in being charged with murder. Existing law also requires a person convicted of specified offenses related to driving under the influence to be read a similar admonishment in court. This bill would require both that declaration and admonishment to clarify that a drug includes cannabis, cannabis products, or any of the active chemical compounds of cannabis.