Tennessee has not legalized recreational or medical marijuana. Personal cultivation of cannabis remains a criminal offense under TCA 39-17-417 statewide, so Nashville residents cannot grow plants for personal use regardless of any local sentiment.
Under TCA 39-17-417, manufacturing marijuana, which includes growing live plants, is a felony in Tennessee, with penalties scaling by plant count and weight. Tennessee's limited Hemp Program under the 2014 and 2018 federal Farm Bills permits licensed industrial hemp cultivation only with TDA authorization, distinct from THC-bearing marijuana. Tennessee's narrow CBD oil law (TCA 39-17-402) allows specific low-THC oil for intractable seizure patients but does not authorize home cultivation. Metro Nashville cannot override this state criminal statute, and MNPD enforces it. There is no medical marijuana program permitting patient cultivation.
Growing any number of marijuana plants outdoors or indoors in Davidson County is a felony under TCA 39-17-417, exposing the grower to prison, fines, asset forfeiture, and possible federal exposure.
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