Interview With Cheech And Chong

Cannabis And Comedy Legends Cheech And Chong Are Back—Better Than Ever!


Separately, they are two incredibly talented young entertainers who
couldn’t quite pin down that elusive formula for success. Together, they
are a creative dynamo that not only generated huge international fame,
but forever changed how we talk about a host of important social issues,
including marijuana politics and policy, race relations and the eternal
tension between government and personal liberties.
http://www.theweedblog.com/interview-with-cheech-and-chong/

The documentary a/k/a/ Tommy Chong did an
outstanding job examining the federal raid on your home and your
subsequent prison sentence. But a lot of people wonder what it must have
been like for you, an entertainer and activist, doing time in a federal
prison. What got you through that experience? How did the other
prisoners react to your presence?

I really indoctrinated into the power of the spiritual world. I
turned into a spiritual retreat. I joined the Native American sweat
lodge they had there. And I actually ministered to a lot of inmates in
there. I helped a few just by teaching them what I knew about what books
to read and who to follow. I practiced the art of meditation, got into
the I Ching, [Joel] Goldsmith, Emmet Fox. It was like I spent
nine months in a spiritual retreat, much like what monks do in Tibet.
And I came out of it. It was one of the nicest things that ever happened
to me, to tell you the honest truth.

While Tommy has always been an outspoken advocate for
cannabis legalization, you’ve been more reserved in speaking out on the
issue. Why is that?

It’s a fait accompli. Marijuana is quasi-legal—it’s like
being quasi-pregnant. This is something that’s Tommy’s image—that’s
fine. I’m all for legalization, but it’s legal already. I’ve shifted my
focus—I’m going to focus on getting medical beer.

Good read. Smoke some weed?

Medical Beer...

quasi-legal is probably a good term for it. I really don't see the problem with it, other than it makes people feel a ok about doing nothing.

Terry Corp. wrote:quasi-legal is probably a good term for it. I really don't see the problem with it, other than it makes people feel a ok about doing nothing.

I think that's neither here nor there. Half the time I'm high, I do fuck all, the other half I do various things, often zoning in totally and giving the activity my full attention.
I think weed being blamed for people being okay to do nothing is kind of off the mark. The TV does that too, so can feeling bloated after eating too many cheeseburgers.

At least from my standpoint, being high makes me more interested in doing stuff, whether it's playing drums, reading books, going for a walk with my girlfriend, watching tutorials on different photo and sound editing programs and then trying to learn some new skills, etc.

I think when it boils down to it, weed isn't going to make you do something you weren't going to do in the first place anyway. It just lowers your inhibitions to do so. If someone is going to sit around with a thumb up his ass all day staring at the sun, he's going to do it high or not.

too high, didn't read lol

jk, well put greg

Terry Corp. wrote:too high, didn't read lol

jk, well put greg

Touche...

I'm stealing that.

I've always felt that it just accented whatever I was going to do/not do.

If I was going to do house work, then I was doing housework, blasted.

If I was going to sit on my ass doing nothing, I sat on my ass doing nothing, blasted.

My point exactly.