It’s common knowledge that a misdemeanor charge doesn’t look as bad on your criminal record as a felony. In most cases, once you’ve served whatever sentence was attached to the misdemeanor conviction, you’re free to get on with your life because, unlike felony convictions, misdemeanors...

Drug cultivation in California is addressed in Health and Safety Code 11379.6HS. The code clearly states that, “every person who manufactures, compounds, converts, produces, derives, processes, or prepares, either directly or indirectly by chemical extraction or independently by means of chemical synthesis, any controlled substance specified...