While correlation is not causation, I think it is interesting that the top ranked cities for creativity all have extremely tolerant attitudes toward marijuana use. According to the Richard Florida in his new book, The Rise of the Creative Class–Revisited: 10th Anniversary Edition, the most creative city in America is Boulder, Colorado. In second place [...]

The South American country of Uruguay may fully legalize marijuana. A new bill that should soon be sent to the legislature would legalize, highly regulate, and tax cannabis. Marijuana would be sold but only by the government, similar to how some Nordic countries and several states in the USA control liquor sales. From The Telegraph: [...]

During my vacation last week one of the places I visited was the Netherlands.  I’m happy to report the country isn’t a lawless hellscape.  In fact, it’s a lovely place. Apparently, it hasn’t been overrun with gangs of dangerous drug addicts nor has it become a crime ridden anarchistic wasteland where the only law is [...]