I would argue - and I don't know that this will sway anyone that honestly thinks a felony charge for 8 hundredths of a gram of hash is an appropriate charge - that hash is just as natural as the bud itself. I consider "processing" to mean that something is added or taken away from something to make the end product different from the natural product, like processed cheese, or processed chicken. On the contrary, hash is simply a collection of the resin heads naturally produced by the plant. Of course hash is more potent and has more THC than the bud, but it is still a product from the plant that is produced naturally. If you were caught with .08 g of chopped up and compressed buds, would that be processing, and therefore worthy of a stiffer charge? Where is the rationality here?

BTW, is SD San Diego or South Dakota?