01 / Legal · South Africa
Schedule 0
The lowest medicines schedule, covering certain low-dose CBD products.
02 / Definition
What is Schedule 0?
Schedule 0 is the lowest control tier in South Africa’s medicines scheduling system, allowing general sale without a prescription. A Government Gazette exclusion (Gazette 43347) carved out certain low-dose CBD preparations so they fall outside prescription control, subject to strict daily-dose and per-container limits. Products that exceed those limits move up into higher, prescription-only schedules.
03 / Related terms
See also
Gazette 43347
The 2020 notice that created the low-dose CBD carve-out from prescription control.
CBD
A non-intoxicating cannabinoid found in cannabis and hemp.
SAHPRA
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority.
Schedule 6
The high-control medicines schedule that covers most THC-containing cannabis.