Wired News: Chong Backed by Tokin' Resistance

Wired News: Chong Backed by Tokin' Resistance: "The comedian, who rose to fame in the '70s and '80s, is renowned for, more than anything else, playing a bumbling pot smoker as half of the moviemaking team Cheech and Chong. More recently, he played off that image with a glass pipe and bong business, Nice Dreams Enterprises; an advertising campaign for a contraption to foil drug tests; and a recurring role on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. But ever since Sept. 11, when a federal judge sentenced Chong to nine months in prison for selling illegal drug paraphernalia, the 65-year-old funnyman has found himself cast in a new part. As the 'Free Tommy Chong' movement gains momentum online and off, the star has emerged as celebrity poster child for the pot-legalization movement."