South Carolina

The Compassionate Care Act in South Carolina, which aims to legalize medical cannabis in the state, has garnered new support from several powerful state Senators this year.

Lawmakers in South Carolina have pre-filed multiple bills aimed at reforming the state’s cannabis laws including two medical cannabis legalization proposals, a decriminalization proposal, and others.

The USDA approved state hemp program plans for Georgia and South Carolina this week.

South Carolina police have destroyed a 180-pound shipment of hemp after it was confiscated during a traffic stop; the hemp was being delivered from a North Carolina cultivator to a Texas distributor.

Police in Wellford, South Carolina seized a hemp shipment destined for Texas after the 183-pound shipment was discovered during a traffic stop.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture — which is the only agency in the country capable of certifying agricultural products as “organic” — has issued its first-ever organic certification for a hemp flower product.

The legislation would place medical cannabis control in the hands of physicians — at least one medical group, however, opposes the legislation.

Polling data and a pending compassionate care bill in the state legislature make a strong case for South Carolina’s likelihood to legalize medical cannabis during this year’s legislative session.