Why can big celebrities openly admit to taking illegal drugs, and have little to no action taken against them?

Question

Johnny Depp’s recent trial comes to mind – he openly admitted to doing cocaine but as far as I’m aware no action was taken

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Answer 1

It’s illegal to be in possession of drugs but it isn’t illegal to be on drugs. He would have to be caught by police actively doing the drug to have any legal action taken against him.