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Let's get to the news. with marijuana becoming legal across the country, the companies are racing to develop a breathalyzer for weed. will it work? joe, would you feel safer with a pot breathalyzer? >> yes, i would. we need to get these drug users and put them behind bars, sam morrell. people say if you smoke pot it doesn't affect your driving ability. i say why the heck are you smoking it then? >> sam, are you worried this will catch people even when they aren't high? >> we know who is high. does anybody not know who is high? there is already something you can put in your mouth to let you kno...

>> yes! >> right now, this is an important test and i can't remember -- i can't give you in the years of -- years ago i could tell you the details of the test. >> what happened? >> yeah. >> are you nervous at all, gail? when you hear the stories? >> no i like it when he drives. he's a very good driver. he knows what he's doing. the problem is when that changes. >> i'm broken. you know, i'm not missing a limb, but i've got a defect. but it doesn't mean that i can't live my life with that defect to its fullest. >> like sandy and gail, every family must constantly reevaluate their loved ones' dri...

Are spinning. >> you'll notice loss of steering control. people overrespond to that by trying to steer the vehicle. >> reporter: watch this minivan. its wheels are turned as it hits pavement, out of control. we got a sense of that jolt on the test track. >> that thing just took off. >> reporter: best advice for black ice? don't use cruise control. once on it, drive straight, lift off the gas and then the brake. and you've probably seen this. a vehicle sliding down a hill. if you don't have four wheel drive and a driver assist like this ford escape, wait until the hill is clear and then use you...

Brokaw is 74. he continues to work on projects for nbc news. he called himself, quote, the luckiest guy i know. a large new study of mammograms is sure to add confusion over whether and when women should have them. after studying 90,000 patients, researchers found that death rates were the same among women who had a mammogram and those who had not. the study from the british medical journal found that one in five cancers found through mammograms were treated, even though they were no threat to the women's health. it appears people will have to wait a little longer for a drug to increase wo...

Disturbances, sleep walking, worsening of depression or suicidal thoughts. the article i'm reading says generally sleep aids can be problematic for something like that. let me ask you about just the application of this because some people might be listening and say, hey, this sounds like a good idea. i wake up every day at 2:00 in the morning and i'm tired for the entire day. what about the people who commute, getting in a car and deeing to work, how concerned should they be about their motor skills? >> they should be very concerned, especially what was commented in the article. they found tha...