Quote Originally Posted by Amun
my tips:

*be white. its pretty obvious whites get rehab and blacks get prison. (no racism intended, just a truth....unfortunately)
*dress up. look nice. it works.
*be prepaired and knowledgeable.
*dont make excuses/argue...offer an explanation.

generally what you want to convey is that you made a mistake, are very very very sorry, learned your lesson and will never smoke pot again (cause drugs are bad mmkay ^.^)....it also helps if you dont have a record.
An explanation is an excuse... You go in, you know you did wrong, and you learned a lesson from it. You didn't realize before that it was serious. You want to rethink your life and not be trouble for the authorities...

Make sure you get the point across that you are "good" and that the law is NOT out to get you. You got caught, and you're 17 so if anything that happens. It shouldn't follow because you're wiped at 18 anyway. In Cali anyway. But you got Dems in office in NY as well so you should be ok. 1/4 isn't much to get caught with, tell em its personal use and you just started purchasing, also, watch how much information you offer, be very to the point when answering questions... DON't LIE. Plead guilty and get the foook outta there. Don't get caught man. hehe.