I think this is typical in any community across the US.Once you become a known quantity they'll target you for what ever little thing they can.I have found one of the best things you can do about it is make a game out of it.When they're watching you walk up to them and talk with them and joke with them.If they begin to thing you're just fun loving people who like to smoke a little weed once in a while they might just leave you a lone and if they really come to like you they might just cut you some slack. Do not play tough guy with them.You will lose.