Lastly, are we sure he wasn't dealing, or planning to deal?
Personally, I am of the opinion that he was absolutely dealing, though likely in a small "friend to friend" way. As Anominous explained though, it looks like the warrant was so heavily oriented towards busting a USER that the cops just didn't feel they could expand it into a dealer kind of situation.
I also think that they got overwhelmed by the hoard and just couldn't take being there anymore. Sorry, cops, that's your job. Sounds like the lead cop was more interested in the Mountain Dew and snuff in his car than digging through clothes.
The scale, the small plastic baggies, the funnel, all of that would almost immediately been considered evidence of trafficking if they had come in looking for a trafficker. My guess is they just didn't want to go beyond the scope of their warrant. Or they were just lazy and bad at their jobs? Usually, finding scale, funnel, baggies, would automatically escalate the search one would think? But this is Kandiyohi County. And, honestly, I haven't shit on the cops, Minnesota, court system at all during this whole saga, but this is the one area that has bothered me the most! I've known people who've had their entire house flipped over by cops for fucking seeds. Also, they had NO lab that could determine the brown-brown was DMT? Yes, it's relatively obscure, but has become increasingly mainstream due to the Rogan crowd.
Even people who HATE Rekieta and rip on his every move still seem to give him a pass on this one. Partly, because there has been so many unbelievable events in this story, that "Rekieta dealer' may just be a bridge too far. However, I would urge people to understand that the illicit drug world is massive and ensnares all kinds of people you would never imagine in a million years would get tied to such a thing. It could be as simple as a restaurant owner who gets strong-armed into money laundering, or a young kid with straight A's who delivers drugs on his bike... or a retarded live streaming former lawyer who thinks cocaine can save the world and wants a second chance to be a "cool young guy" that he missed out on the first time.
Nick's recent vibe reminds me of David Gahan's sleazy character in the "It's No Good" video. And the lyrics fit very well with Nick's continued lusting for Aaron.