i found from personal expeience you dont have to go to prison for years hell you dont even have to go to jail at all to have an arrest upset your entire life. the chain reaction of events is mind bogling. i got busted simple possesion and pariphinalia. my car was impounded, i was booked and arrested. went to court ended up $100 fine for the possesion, $150 for paraphanlia, 30 days on the shelf, 6 month suspension of drivers liscense. not to bad right. no lisencse no way to drive to work. no job cant pay impound and storage fees for car or car payment, no car. no car no job no job cant pay rent, cant pay rent homeless. found some relations who were knidly enough to let me come and stay with them, 1200 miles away. moved left my most important thing behind, my baby girl. (shes with her mom). that was three years ago i got busted and im just now getting back on my feet. oh yeah let me throw this in also im a mechanic by trade try gettin a job workin on cars when you have no lisencse and cant drive. so three years more or less wasted and some where in the neighborhood of $8000 by the time its all said and done. simple arrest can cost you big.