Pubdate: Thu, 25 Sep 2003
Source: Daily Independent, (Ashland, KY)
Copyright: 2003 The Daily Independent, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.dailyindependent.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1573
Author: Charles Byrnes
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NOTHING ACHIEVED BY JAILING CHONG

The U.S. government must be pleased with itself for bringing down a man who has
spent most of his life making us laugh.

Tommy Chong, one half of the Cheech & Chong comedy team that practically
invented marijuana comedy back in the 1970s, was arrested for selling bongs,
smoking paraphernalia. For this our U.S. Government has incarcerated a
non-violent person for nine months.

Does anyone believe that this will stop the sales, production of such products
or stop the use of marijuana?

All they have accomplished is a little less laughter for the next nine months
in the U.S., but it will not be long before the U.S. government sees who has
the last laugh.

How much longer are the taxpayers going to put up with such nonsense?

Charles Byrnes

Taylor Mill
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