Growing marijuana at home is illegal in Dorchester County. South Carolina has no medical or recreational cannabis program, and cultivating plants is manufacturing a controlled substance under S.C. Code Section 44-53-370, a felony.
There is no legal home grow in Dorchester County. South Carolina has neither a recreational nor a medical marijuana program; the Compassionate Care Act has repeatedly failed to become law, so marijuana remains a controlled substance under S.C. Code Section 44-53-370. Cultivating cannabis plants is treated as manufacturing a controlled substance, a felony that for a first offense carries up to five years in prison and a fine up to five thousand dollars. No county or city ordinance can authorize a grow that state law makes a crime. Only industrial hemp containing less than 0.3% THC, grown under the South Carolina Hemp Farming Act's licensing, is legally distinct.
Cultivating marijuana is manufacturing under Section 44-53-370, a felony punishable by up to five years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine for a first offense, with larger grows and distribution raising the exposure.
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