Kevin W. McCarty

October 18, 2010

Prop 19 Puts the Pipe (and the Power) in Your Hands

By Kevin W. McCarty

ATTENTION: If you have changed houses since your last time voting, you must re-register today, or else it might be your fault if weed doesn’t become legal in two weeks.

October 11, 2010

Regulators Find Escape In Prohibition Fantasy

By Kevin W. McCarty

What does it mean to be addicted? One definition is an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its negative consequences.

October 4, 2010

Yes We Can: The Cannabis Chronicles

By Kevin W. McCarty

Last Thursday, Governor Schwarzenegger decriminalized marijuana.

September 27, 2010

Curious Mind Probes Drug Hypocrisy

By Kevin W. McCarty

Drug is a funny word. On one hand, there are “good” pharmacy drugs that may kill you, but for the carefully prescribed dosages of an educated doctor.

January 15, 2010

Historical Hemp Enthusiasts Disprove Lazy Stoner Theory

By Kevin W. McCarty

There is a common myth going around that cannabis makes a person less productive. People are affected by substances in different ways; to say that smoking pot lessens enthusiasm and vigor for life is nonsense.

January 8, 2010

Look to Old Traditions for a Trippy New Take on Christmas

By Kevin W. McCarty

Each time Christmas break ends, I feel more tired of the holiday. As a kid, I thought Christmas was great: Heavy Tahoe snow, tons of presents and rare family visitations made it a pretty magical time purely from the conf...