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

One important distinction here is that it IS against the law to POSSESS these drugs, and in many cases to be under the effects of drugs (including alcohol) in public, but there is a lot of grey area when it comes to the act of USING said drugs.