I was not for legalizing drugs until I went through Peace Officer Certification.... 23 years ago....
Too much crime is committed by people needing money for drugs... and too much money is made by criminals selling to people who are addicted... So eliminating the effect on society caused by those two situations ... with the added incentive of not putting them into prison , which simply substitutes one set outside making the money for a set inside the prison.... would save a lot of money .... and who can put a price on the heartache saved ?
Much of the price of drugs is the tax supposedly imposed by the government.. drugs are incredibly cheap to make.. and the quality / what they are cut with is dangerous when you don't know who is doing it...
So if the government makes the stuff the quality could be controlled... ( and don't forget my LIST qualification ).
I would still want Selling drugs to be illegal... and there should not be much of that when the government gives them out free....

On the difference between Weed and Tobacco.... the difference in speed of reflexes and judgment when driving is what really counts... but it would not bother me if the tobacco companes were put out of business.... tobacco is hard to grow for most people .. not like a weed... (pun).... my father is (slowly) dragging around an oxygen container due to smoking.. so you can understand how I got to my position on that.. What I think is really bad is that the Agri Dept is still paying Tobacco farmers subsidies to grow tobacco.... that makes NO sense...