When losing ones children, home, and the risk of being sodomized read: raped are what the possibilities of arrest hold it is not paranoia it is reality.
While the draconian days of 20 years for a joint may be gone, also losing professional licenses, the right to carry arms (defend ones self against those who care not about laws or decorum) weigh heavy on the hearts of those who partake.

The expose of Georgia narcotics officers planting drugs on a 92 year old grandmother prior to murdering her, helps the cause.The failing economy,and proof that Gold medalists can toke and still achieve have come to the surface but still,getting murdered on a farm in Michigan..anyone remember that? Perhaps that's why.
They get away with it.