CEOs of gun manufacturers are going to be pissed today. Sales are going to tank now Trump has won.

What do you believe are the health effects of alcohol and tobacco cigarettes?

"Health benefits"? Now you're just being silly.

Red wine is supposed to be good for you in small amounts. I can't stomach it myself, but that is one potential benefit, right?

I'm glad you bought up NHTSA, as that's who I work for.
I don't know if you read the NPR link I posted earlier, but it said there is not an defective way to test how impaired someone is at this time after smoking marijuana due to the way thc's react with the body.
From the article you referenced.
"The study's findings underscore an important point: that the measurable presence of THC (marijuana's primary active ingredient) in a person's system doesn't correlate with impairment in the same way that blood alcohol concentration does. The NHTSA doesn't mince words: "At the current time, specific drug concentration levels cannot be reliably equated with a specific degree of driver impairment."
I'm sure you can see, as NHTSA does, that this isn't the most reliable of studies.

Try reading my post before making yourself look silly.

I'll ask again- what do you think are the health effects of alcohol and tobacco cigarettes?

Oh, trust me, my libertarian side says, "To hell with it, legalize everything! The war on drugs has long since been lost. The money wasted on interdiction, arrests, prosecution,.and imprisonment are insane. Let's legalize everything, and just tax it." ..... I don't think society is quite ready for that step yet.

The war on drugs has been lost. Comprehensively.

Legalizing every recreational drug would be a mistake in my mind, but even though I don't like it, won't ever use it again and detest the culture with the passion of a thousand burning suns, I have to concede that dope is probably high up on the list of things we can legalize that can be considered 'mostly harmless'.

And neither should it be, which is why taking a more pragmatic view as to the relative risks of various drugs is a prudent approach.

It doesn't matter anyway, California has voted, it's going to be made legal and that's that.

Enjoy all the sweet, sweet tax revenue

Unless the Trump administration decides to go after pot users at the federal level, which wouldn't surprise me at all.

I sincerely doubt I will see any of it.

I'm pulling for you.

Boiler can confirm, but I think Colorado is kicking arse now since they legalized it.

Obviously like any position with Trump there's no way to know what he really thinks, but I don't think he really gives a shit about drugs.

Donald Trump on Drugs