Fresh out of prison in 2023, James returned to Denton on parole and in need of a job to pay his fines to the court on top of his rent and other bills just to stay out of prison.
He got in trouble for drugs the first time when he was in high school, and that charge haunted him after he graduated in 2019. He struggled to find good-paying jobs and decided to start selling marijuana again as a way to supplement his income after his child was born, to pay bills and put food on the table.