I've been caught a few times, but cops around here in brooklyn are pretty leniant for the most part.

If a cop catches you here, he usually takes it for himself and tells you to go home. Everyone freely smokes blunts and joints on my block all the time. In fact, if I were to look out the window right now, I could see pot being smoked. Posession and use is generally tolerated, as long as you are around your house, but the cops are only looking out for the dealers who are fliping ounces or more, and of course the crack houses that are scattered about the city.