Sunday, October 28, 2018
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....
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/marijuana_law/2018/10/effective-2018-midterm-report-with-visuals-on-modern-politics-and-policy-of-marijuana-reform.html