As I said, I'm not overly familar with the geography of your state. I know a few of the cities and towns -- Indy of course, Terre Haute, Gary (which I understand is quite the hellhole), E-ville. I'm simply saying a SWAT raid netting just over 2 ounces of a mostly benign substance seems like both overkill and a very poor allocation of resources. In your state it may well legally be considered enough to carry an "intent to distribute" case. I can tell you though, in all honesty, two ounces is by no means a saleable amount of marijuana. That's personal possession through and through.
I am well aware that the statutes pertaining to possession of marijuana in our respective states are leagues apart. Even so, I maintain my position that the operation was a poor allocation of resources. If the area is in fact as bad as you say, why choose such a small-time operation? Sure, maybe they didn't have enough actionable information to move on someone else. If they had reasonable suspicion this was in fact a sale operation, why not wait until they could make a more substantial arrest and file heavier charges?
Also, I'll engage the google-fu, but if someone could link me to the relevant ICs for possession of doobage, I'd like to read them.
