Tetrahydrocannabinol
(6AR,10aR)-6,6,9-trimethyl-3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydrobenzo[c]chromen-1-ol
Drag to rotate. Structure from PubChem CID 16078.
Background
Listing
- Schedules
- Schedule 6, conditions apply
- Source
- Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026
Registered medicines
The ingredient index links no registered medicine to Tetrahydrocannabinol (register of 13 September 2026).
Counted through the register's ingredient index, which does not reach every record.
Regulatory status
Where S6 sits on the scale
Prescription-only, no repeats without a new prescription.
Schedule 6 covers the most tightly controlled ordinary prescription medicines. Every dispensing needs its own new prescription; nothing can be repeated on the same script. When prescribed, the quantity must be written out in both figures and words. Its price, name, pack size and strength can still be told to the public, as long as nothing links it to what it treats.
Schedule S6, as the Consolidated Schedules list it.
Who may supply: A pharmacist dispensing against a written or verbal prescription from an authorised prescriber; a veterinarian, who may also prescribe, compound or dispense it directly; a medical practitioner or dentist, who may prescribe it and may compound or dispense it directly only if licensed under section 22C(1)(a); manufacturers and wholesalers may supply people who may lawfully possess it.
Consolidated Schedules listings for Tetrahydrocannabinol
S6: Tetrahydrocannabinol
- except in raw cannabis plant material cultivated and possessed in accordance with a permit issued in terms of the Plant Improvement Act (Act 11 of 2018) and processed products manufactured from such material, intended for agricultural or industrial purposes, including the manufacture of consumer items or products which have no pharmacological action or medicinal purpose, or
- except when raw cannabis plant material is cultivated, possessed and consumed by an adult, in private for personal consumption.
Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026, lines 10445 to 10458
This is an informational summary of the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965 and its 2017 General Regulations. It is not medical advice and not legal advice. Always check the medicine's label, which carries the schedule number inside a square border, or ask a pharmacist if you are unsure.