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This is an infographic that we worked on for the folks at Rehab Programs.org. We can’t critique it since it is one of our designs, but we would love to hear what you have to say! Let us know your thoughts.

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This infographic covers the top ten reasons to legalize marijuana and was submitted to us by the folks at Rehab Programs.org. Here’s a summary of the information covered in the infographic:

• No one has ever died directly from marijuana.
• Marijuana can be used to treat the symptoms of serious illnesses such as AIDS, cancer and Multiple Sclerosis.
• “The War on Pot” costs $42 billion each year.
• Crime rates in countries where marijuana is legal are lower than that of the US.
• Marijuana’s active ingredient, THC, is less toxic than nicotine.
• Over 45% of the US population support complete legalization of marijuana.

This infographic does not really fit the tradition style of an infographic – there is certainly a lot of information, but it doesn’t display data in the typical way. Given how much great information there is here, it would be great to see some data visualization. Another thing is that there is no source list at the bottom, which is vital for readers to know and completely understand where they are getting their information from.

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This is a very good infographic from HomeHealthTesting.com, that dives into the facts behind drug usage in high schools around the country. We get quite a lot of submissions, and honestly I rarely see a design that makes me want to look through the entire infographic, but this is a really clean, clear, and detailed design that makes all of this information very easy to take in. Upon submitting this infographic to us, the folks at HomeHealthTesting.com had the following to say:

We created this infographic with the data from the 2010 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded study, Monitoring the Future.

The Monitoring the Future study has been produced every year since 1975 and the data visualized is from the Overview of Key Findings 2010 report which is 77 pages of data.

In the end, I really like the color scheme and visuals of this infographic. Possibly my favorite part is the bar chart at the bottom because, while still being a simple bar chart, the designer stepped outside of the box and took a new take on things by turning it into a circle.

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At a time when California is about to vote on legalizing more than just medical Marijuana, this infographic from Cannagraphic.com does a great job of showing what pot legalization is up against due to common misconceptions. The infographic begins by showing how the U.S. government compares to the UK when determining what drugs are dangerous and what are not. Clearly, in the UK, the perception is that marijuana is the least dangerous drug out there, yet in the U.S., our government ranks it as being just as dangerous as LSD, Ecstasy, and Heroin. Our government also views cannabis to be more dangerous than Cocaine and Speed. Now, while I don’t smoke pot, I do have a beer after work every day, which is completely legal. According to this infographic, alcohol is ranked as more dangerous than cannabis by two expert panels of health, science, and crime professionals. So why is it that my drinking a beer every day is legal, while pot is not?

It could be that the US ranks cannabis as dangerous because of the violence that goes along with selling drugs, or the damage done to houses when they become grow houses, but many experts believe that this violence and damage would go away if marijuana was legalized. The next section of the infographic shows how this could be the case, by covering drug arrests, with marijuana related drug arrests making up for 50% of all arrests. That said, the infographic then goes on to show just how much it costs to keep people in prison for drug arrests, which is over $6 billion each year. Now, if 50% of those were taken away because of cannabis being legalized, our country would save over $3 billion each year in tax dollars.

Speaking of tax dollars, the infographic also shows how cannabis can be taxed just like tobacco, which would earn the United States over $728 billion in tax revenues each year!

The infographic concludes with a chart about annual causes of death from drugs in the U.S. and shows that cannabis causes 0 deaths each year, while smoking causes 435,000 deaths! Now the fact remains that there are “lies, damned lies, and statistics” and this entire infographic uses a lot of statistics that have various dependencies associated to them. With that in mind, the infographic is still highly enlightening and proves its point rather well. As mentioned before, I don’t smoke pot, but those I know that do don’t seem more hindered by it than someone is by smoking or drinking… in fact, they seem far less changed by it. This is why I believe that cannabis will have to be legalized soon, especially to help our country get out of dept. The fact remains that people will continue to smoke even regardless, but by legalizing marijuana, houses wouldn’t be turned into grow houses, cannabis related violence would stop, and the nation would reap the financial benefits.