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Cannabis in Tennessee is illegal for most use, with the exception of limited medical purposes. Possession of even small amounts is a criminal misdemeanor, but there are limited legal allowances for non-psychoactive CBD oil as medical cannabis, and the authorities have not been able to enforce the law. [1]
In May 2023, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed into law the state’s first regulations for hemp-derived cannabinoids, making it illegal to sell products like delta-8 and CBD to anyone under the age ...
In 2017, the Tennessee legislature enacted HB-1164, modifying Tennessee’s industrial hemp law to allow the production of hemp with 0.3% THC or less. The law requires hemp growers to be licensed ...
Texas is one of the states where marijuana remains illegal, but sales of delta-8 and other hemp derived products have soared. According to the Texas Tribune , the state is home to more than 7,000 ...
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
Federal policies, tightened by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, virtually banned the production of industrial hemp during the war on drugs.According to an industry group, "the 1970 Act abolished the taxation approach [of the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act] and effectively made all cannabis cultivation illegal". [2]
Commercial hemp became legal in 2018. The initial boom turned into a bust, but many believe fiber hemp has a future in Tennessee.
On December 20, 2018, President Donald Trump signed the farm bill which descheduled hemp, making cannabis under 0.3% THC legal once again. [60] The law may have inadvertently allowed cultivation of hemp plants with high levels of delta-8-THC, which is also psychoactive and has since become more popular recreationally across the U.S. [61]