I smoked loads before it was legal, 100gm brick by post 400bht. After it was legal 600bht.
Back in the UK (2008) had some pals who rented a house then grew in every room. When caught, community service plus loss of crop, no jail.
Cannabis was smoked, sold, traded in almost every pub 'smoking shed' that I visited.
When stopped by police, if you had a bag on you, you just said personal use, they would hand it back, and off you went.