Effective “2018 midterm report” with visuals on modern politics and policy of marijuana reform

The folks at PoliFact have this lengthy new piece under the headline “Marijuana legalization in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report” that is worth reading in full. This infographic under the title “Potential $7 Billion Recreational Marijuana Tax Revenue, By State,” highlighting revenue from marijuana reform is alone worth the click-through, and here are excerpts from the piece providing a glimpse at what the “5 charts” cover:

About two in three Americans now favor marijuana legalization, a record-high measure of public support for a drug the federal government still puts in the same category as LSD and heroin.

With a majority of states now permitting legal use in some form, and several states poised to relax their laws this November, we decided to take a graphical look at the country’s most popular illicit drug.

Changing attitudes

Experts pointed to a number of reasons to explain the dramatic shift in Americans’ opinion of marijuana legalization over a relatively short timespan….

State marijuana laws

American laws around marijuana are complicated….

State tax revenue

Taxing marijuana can yield a large pot of money for states. The data is still somewhat scarce given that legalization is still in its infancy….

Criminal justice

The country’s decades-long crackdown on drugs has had a disproportionate impact on minorities….

Social impact

Some experts said the pros of legalization far outweighed the cons, while others said it’s too early to tell….