Classifies operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs by an individual under the age of twenty-one as a per se offense; includes any substance or combination of substances that impair, to any extent, physical or mental abilities in the definition of drugs; allows the odor of cannabis to be the basis for evidence for a violation of section 1192-a of the vehicle and traffic law.

Statutes affected:
A5974: 1192-a vehicle and traffic law, 114-a vehicle and traffic law, 222.05 penal law, 222.05(4) penal law