How's Pot Doing in South Carolina?

Cannabis is 0% Legal in South Carolina

Last reviewed: January 13, 2026

Is it legal for adults to possess cannabis in the state of South Carolina?

NO

""It is unlawful for any person to possess or have under his control a controlled substance unless obtained pursuant to a valid prescription or order of a practitioner." (S.C. Code Ann. § 44-53-370)" - scstatehouse.gov

Is it legal for adults to buy cannabis in a store in the state of South Carolina?

NO

Is it legal for adults to grow cannabis in the state of South Carolina?

NO

Is it legal for medical marijuana patients to possess cannabis in the state of South Carolina?

NO

"for persons, or the persons' parents, legal guardians, or other caretakers, who have received a written certification from a physician licensed in this State that the person has been diagnosed by a physician as having Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, also known as "severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy", or any other severe form of epilepsy that is not adequately treated by traditional medical therapies, the substance cannabidiol, a nonpsychoactive cannabinoid, or any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of any plant of the genus cannabis that contains nine-tenths of one percent or less of tetrahydrocannabinol and more than fifteen percent of cannabidiol." - scstatehouse.gov

Is it legal for medical marijuana patients to buy cannabis in a store in the state of South Carolina?

NO

Is it legal for medical marijuana patients to grow cannabis in the state of South Carolina?

NO