South Carolina

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.