I thought no one got in trouble for marijuana anymore?
That brings up another issue, drug laws are not uniform, nor are they uniformly carried out. Some people receive a possession ticket, or politely jailed and released for trial and others get a SWAT raid. Same substance, sometimes even same amount, etc. It boggles my mind the way different cases are handled in different jurisdictions and sometimes even within the same jurisdiction.
In defense of LEO using SWAT type raids I have to say this came about when drug dealers started being willing to shoot it out with police rather than go peacefully. It was the violent responses by drug dealers that led to the SWAT type raids to begin with. In many places it would be suicide for a LEO to approach a drug dealer's house and simply knock to serve a warrant or even question the person about their activities. After LEO were shot at enough times, they came up with a way to approach drug dealers that provided them with more safety. Now it is the drug dealers or innocent civilians (in the case of mistakes) that have to worry about their safety. I honestly don't know what the answer would be to this problem.
Legalizing marijuana would solve some of the short-term problems, but marijuana is by far not the only illegal drug-are we willing to legalize all drugs? Often even in marijuana cases there are other drugs found. I know of a case where a woman had a joint of MJ in her purse, no big deal right? Well upon further inspection by LEO there was also more than 400 grams of cocaine concealed in the vehicle. None of this is a simple as it seems, so there really are no easy answers.