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After being forced to move from California to a dumbass backward southern shithole state because my family moved here and I had nowhere else to go, I got arrested for smoking a LEGAL hemp preroll I bought from a gas station. My mugshot was posted all over the internet and the only way to get it removed from those sites is to prove I was acquitted. Beyond infuriating and ridiculous. But the people here and their nasty gossipy passive aggressive cliquish ways drive me up a fucking wall more than anything. I had to get sober in case they drug test me at court, and they've delayed my court date like 5 times now. The arrest was in November and it's been pushed back to late September. I think they're stalling because I hired a good lawyer and these idiot cops just want to hurt me for their own pleasure. And now I wouldn't dare buy anything since this shithole third world joke of a state just passed a new law making possession of hemp flower, vapes and edibles over 10mg THC a FELONY with up to TEN YEARS in prison. Get this, the law goes into effect July 1st, but enforcement on retail establishments won't begin until Jan 1st 2026 so there will undoubtedly be some unlucky people who have their lives ruined by something that can still be sold everywhere until then. I'm in hell.