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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Not sure what the UK laws are, but if you lived in the US you could admit to the same things without any criminal penalties. In order to be convicted of drug possession, there has to be actual evidence beyond a mere confession that you possessed drugs. And in most jurisdictions, they have to take the drugs into evidence and test them to prove they are, in fact, illegal drugs. Once the drugs are ingested, the evidence is gone.
There are also laws in the U.S. knows as “statutes of limitation” which limit the amount of time the government has to prosecute you after you commit a crime. So if somebody admits to using or possessing cocaine several years ago, even if the government is somehow able to compile evidence, the state of limitations may preclude prosecution.
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