Marijuana at the time we were making movies [with Cheech Marine] was not that readily available and I do prefer to be coherent when I am working.
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 ChongWell I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.
Tommy ChongBy making marijuana illegal, the agricultural people can't grab hold of it like they did with corn and wheat. So those companies are scrambling around trying to get hold of it, but they can't, because it's a cottage industry, and it will always be a cottage industry. Because the minute the big companies try to make it their own, like they did with soybeans...like Monsanto, they put their own patent on seeds, and you can't do that with marijuana.
Tommy Chong