Subject: Fwd: [drugwar] Tommy Chong's guilty plea Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:00:23 -0400 To: lpny_discussion From: Bob Armstrong In case you haven't heard , Chong , of Cheech & , just got 9 months and $100,000 for selling paraphernalia over the internet . --- Original Message --- From: "Elmer Elevator" To: =A0 Sent: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:41:35 -0400 Subject: [drugwar] The inside poop on Tommy Chong's guilty plea >=A0Kris Krane of NORML has the inside poop about why Tommy Chong= rolled over so >=A0promptly and took a deal that included authentic prison time.= Suddenly it >=A0all makes perfect sense. I apologize to Chong and to his= lawyer. From their >=A0end, this was a Very Good Deal. From the government's end,= these sleazebags >=A0are even more psycho and despicable than I thought they were= last week. > >=A0Elmer > >=A0-----Original Message----- >=A0From: Kris Krane >=A0To: Abby Bair ; SSDP Talk= >=A0Date: Friday, September 12, 2003 11:39 AM >=A0Subject: Re: SSDPTALK: Tommy Chong Gets Nine Months in Federal= Prison > > >=A0According to sources close to this case, who know both Tommy= Chong and his >=A0lawyer, Tommy agreed to plea guilty in exchange for the feds= agreeing not to >=A0indict his wife and his son. =A0Tommy's son was the person who= really ran the >=A0business and blew most of the glass, but Tommy was the= celebrity face of the >=A0company. =A0In this case, it seems that Tommy was trying to= protect his family >=A0by agreeing to do time himself. > >=A0Everything about this case is truly sad. =A0Hopefully it will= serve as a wake >=A0up call to other pot smoking celebrities to get off their asses= and do >=A0something for reform. =A0In 30 years Tommy Chong has never= donated a dime to >=A0the reform movement, nor has he appeared at any movement= related event >=A0(although he was scheduled to speak at the 2001 Seattle= Hempfest but backed >=A0out at the last minute). > >=A0While I have the utmost sympathy for Tommy Chong and his= family, you can >=A0only wonder what may have been accomplished if Chong and other= celebrity >=A0smokers devoted their time to reforming the laws, rather than= making money >=A0off of pot smokers. > >=A0Kris Krane >=A0Associate Director >=A0NORML --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Manhattan Libertarian DAD , Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban