You 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 ChongPeople didn't relate to me as being Chinese or white, just being a hippie, a long-haired hippie.
Tommy ChongWell I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.
Tommy ChongWe see the corrupt prison system, we see the corrupt police system, we see the corruption in the government, from the top on down. You know, it's built based on lies. However, the marijuana industry itself, because it was an underground industry, showed us the way we could exist on this planet.
Tommy Chong