TCA 39-17-427
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This statute provides exceptions to drug laws: you can legally possess a controlled substance if you obtained it with a valid prescription or according to pharmacy laws, and you can transport hemp concentrate with higher THC levels if you're moving it to be processed into legal products (0.3% THC or less) and have proof of legal production.
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It is an exception to this part if: (1) The person lawfully possessed the controlled substance as otherwise authorized by this part and title 53, chapter 11, parts 3 and 4; or (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Controlled substance: means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through VII of §. See Tennessee Code 39-17-402Person: means an individual, corporation, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association or any other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 39-17-402State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legal authority of the United States. See Tennessee Code 39-17-402(2) The only cannabis with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration greater than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis in the person’s possession was hemp concentrate, as defined in § 43-27-101, and the person was transporting the hemp concentrate within this state from the location where the hemp concentrate was produced to a location where the hemp concentrate was to be reconstituted into consumer products with a delta-9 THC concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%); provided, however, that the person transporting the hemp concentrate under this subdivision (2) maintained proof of a grower’s license from the department of agriculture in the transport vehicle.
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TCA Section39-17-427