Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.
Tommy ChongAnd I don't really drink alot of booze, alcohol will kill ya... but I smoke all the pot I can find, I don't smoke it all at once, I just do a little bit at a time, and I uh, I used to take acid but I quit around 1971.
Tommy ChongYou got a bag of pot, there's someone who wants to buy it from you. So in a weird way, marijuana has [become] and is becoming the new currency of the world.
Tommy ChongMarijuana grows everywhere in the world. And it really is currency, if you think about it.
Tommy ChongI do have a plan for the country [the USA]. It needs education. And there should be drug education - only people should be taught how to smoke pot, because even potheads don't know how to smoke pot. I've evolved into not only an activist, but an educator. I want to show people how, when, and why they should smoke pot.
Tommy Chong