Tuesday, 27. April 2004
Topic: DRUGS - on April 27, 2004 at 10:39:00 PM CEST
This Is Your Government On Drugs
It sounds a bit like the answer to one of those old late-night, "so whatever happened to …" questions. Tommy Chong, 65-year-old grandfather, the lesser known half of the goofy late-70s burnout comedy duo Cheech and Chong, was convicted of the illegal sale of drug paraphernalia over the Internet (i.e. he marketed a line of glass bongs). In a bit of priceless comedic irony, the investigation was code-named Operation Pipe Dreams. Chong was sentenced to 9 months in prison on the second anniversary of September 11th.
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