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Professor with a felony?

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I am 24 and I am currently facing some felonies for marijuana possesion, delivery, and felony possesion of morphine (even though it ws just one pill). This is my first offense, I have a good lawyer and we're working to get charges amended. Hopefully I can get through a program like drug court to remove the felonies from my record. But things have not been the smoothest. My prosecutor is less receptive than others I could have gotten. I 've been meaning to go to grad school, and I know felonies won't keep me out of that. But after grad school I wanted to become a professor. Can anybody tell me how much any or all of these felonies will work against me in my pursuit of becoming a professor? I would like to teach in California, Washington, Oregon, ideally. Perhaps Colorado or Minnesota. I know these issues differ from state to state. I have yet to track down the info I'm looking for. Any answers would be welcomed.