Growing marijuana at home is illegal everywhere in Sumner County. Tennessee has no medical or recreational cannabis program, and cultivating any plant is an unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance under state law.
Tennessee authorizes no recreational and no medical marijuana program, so there is no legal path to a home grow in Gallatin, Hendersonville, Portland, White House, or unincorporated Sumner County. Cultivating marijuana is treated as manufacturing a controlled substance under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-417, and simple possession is a separate crime under § 39-17-418. The state's only narrow allowance is a low-THC cannabis oil, 0.9 percent THC or less, for specific diagnosed conditions, which does not permit growing plants. Hemp containing 0.3 percent Delta-9 THC or less is a separate, agriculturally regulated crop and is not marijuana. No county or city can override the state prohibition.
Cultivating marijuana is prosecuted as manufacture under § 39-17-417, graded by plant count and weight from a Class E felony upward, carrying prison time and fines; plants and property may be seized.
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