Who woulda thunk it? Tommy Chong charged for selling bongs

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linky

 

[conjur]

65, man?

No way! Wow, man!

 

Nice headline...........

Chong gonged for selling bongs

I guess mine is not going to show up

 

[conjur]

BTW, doesn't he look a bit like Howard Hessman?

 

[notfred]

Lame.

 

[Ernieb]

can somebody paste the text here..
Thanks

 

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 11 ? Comedian Tommy Chong has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison and fined $20,000 for selling bongs and other drug paraphernalia over the Internet. Chong will be told in a few weeks where he?ll have to report to prison.

CHONG, who?s 65, pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell drug paraphernalia and pleaded guilty on behalf of his company, Nice Dreams Enterprises.
The company will be sentenced later today.
There?s no word on how this will affect Chong?s reunion with Cheech Marin.
The two reportedly have been writing a script for a movie.

 

[ivol07]

9 months and $20k for selling paraphernalia! I could understand for actuall Marijuana, but paraphernalia! He must have the worst lawyer.

 

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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 11 ? Comedian Tommy Chong has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison and fined $20,000 for selling bongs and other drug paraphernalia over the Internet. Chong will be told in a few weeks where he?ll have to report to prison.

CHONG, who?s 65, pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell drug paraphernalia and pleaded guilty on behalf of his company, Nice Dreams Enterprises.
The company will be sentenced later today.
There?s no word on how this will affect Chong?s reunion with Cheech Marin.
The two reportedly have been writing a script for a movie.

 

[Red Dawn]

What a bunch of BS.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
What a bunch of BS.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

since when are they illegal...when i lived in LA i would pass by 2 shops a day selling them

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

:|

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
since when are they illegal...when i lived in LA i would pass by 2 shops a day selling them

I was wondering the same thing. They're legal here in Portland too if they are sold as "Tobacco Water Pipes" - I used to work in a "head shop", actually.

He must have been selling them in a place where they're prohibited, or including some sort of paraphernalia that could ONLY be used for marijuana.

 

[Nitemare]

Wow He looks totally different

link

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
since when are they illegal...when i lived in LA i would pass by 2 shops a day selling them

It's called making an example of him. The DEA's utter inability to do anything about drugs is shining proudly in this decision.

 

[Ogg]

Its a "selling over the internet thing". Youre right you can still buy at your local headshops, not online. Go get em.
DOJ got dozens of companies in a big sting, sorry I cant remember the cool operation name.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Wow He looks totally different

link

not really...

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: awg
Its a "selling over the internet thing". Youre right you can still buy at your local headshops, not online. Go get em.
DOJ got dozens of companies in a big sting, sorry I cant remember the cool operation name.

That's what I'd read somewhere, too.

 

[Sachmho]

"operation headhunter"

 

[Ogg]

Originally posted by: Sachmho
"operation headhunter"

thanks, its as good as I remembered

 

[PistachioByAzul]

Operation Pipe Dream. Monkey nonsense from our wonderful tolerant government.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: awg
Its a "selling over the internet thing". Youre right you can still buy at your local headshops, not online. Go get em.
DOJ got dozens of companies in a big sting, sorry I cant remember the cool operation name.

Operation John Asshat!

 

[TMPadmin]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
since when are they illegal...when i lived in LA i would pass by 2 shops a day selling them

I was wondering the same thing. They're legal here in Portland too if they are sold as "Tobacco Water Pipes" - I used to work in a "head shop", actually.

He must have been selling them in a place where they're prohibited, or including some sort of paraphernalia that could ONLY be used for marijuana.

Um? I don't think so. Well what I mean is check this out (not sure if I can link to a site that sells this so here's Google

 

[Red Dawn]

nine months in federal prison and fined $20,000 for selling bongs and other drug paraphernalia over the Internet

Talk about an inappropriate sentence. People get less for selling Pot in most states.