Remind me to stay away from Alabama. My god, that's a ridiculous minimum sentence for nothing more than a plant that grows out of the ground. Although, its nice to here they dropped the more serious charges.
Though, there's better places to live where they wont throw the book at you over stupid things like pot. I grew up in California, and pot possession was often met with a small fine, even for trafficking.
Things like Marijuana have always been considered an acceptable thing there, and many law enforcement agencies often would refuse to arrest people for it.