I hope you're doing well, and hope you are staying away from the hard drugs. This is exactly the kind of story that Virginia's legislators need to hear. The best thing you could do short of moving would be to contact them and share your situation. If you don't know who your legislators are...
Great original post. Would like to see pics of some 12 year old plants here! Are there any? I wondered about longevity, especially when I saw elsewhere that someone had trained a cannabis plant as a bonsai. And it was really pretty awesome looking. Didn't see how you could do that, if the...