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Washington State troopers are ramping up efforts to enforce a new portion of the state's marijuana law, which makes it illegal to have an open container of pot in your car.
The law went into affect on Sept. 26 and is similar to the state's alcohol open container law.
The law states that marijuana must be in its original sealed package and stored in the trunk of your car or behind the backseat. It also extends to pot-infused edibles.
Driving with an open container of pot is a traffic infraction that carries an $136 dollar fine.
Troopers say that they are seeing an increasing number of drivers with marijuana.
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission pushed for the change so that the state's rules governing marijuana would more closely resemble those for alcohol, which prohibits unsealed or partially consumed containers of alcohol in the passenger cabin of a vehicle.
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