Posted on 04/20/2020 5:06:40 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
At the age of 81 and having survived a bout with prostate cancer, marijuana icon Tommy Chong meets the definition of someone the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers "vulnerable" to the coronavirus.
But when contacted by ABC News, Chong, who has been adhering to stay-at-home orders at his Southern California residence, said he doesn't plan to let the virus, also known as COVID-19, get in the way of celebrating one of the most synchronistic dates the pot world has ever anticipated: 4/20/2020.
"I know everybody calls me because of my age, asking, ‘How are you feeling?''' Chong said in a phone interview. "I’m doing great, man. I don’t know if it’s my health or the pot, or it may be both.''
But at 4:20 p.m. on Monday, the normally huge crowds passing bongs and joints will be absent from such famous weed-smoking destinations as Civic Center Park in Denver, RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., and "Hippie Hill" in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
''We will not tolerate anybody coming to San Francisco for 4/20,'' San Francisco Mayor London Breed warned last week. ''It is not safe to gather in larger groups of people, in Golden Gate Park or anywhere else.''
To make sure no one sneaks on to Hippie Hill, the city Recreation & Parks Department has erected a fence around the grassy area where an estimated 15,000 people gathered at last year's annual toke-fest.
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>>To make sure no one sneaks on to Hippie Hill, the city Recreation & Parks Department has erected a fence around the grassy area where an estimated 15,000 people gathered at last year’s annual toke-fest.
Fences didn’t keep stinking hippies out of “Woodstock”
Too bad. 420 gatherings were an ideal opportunity to collect data and observe the actual workings of Darwinian law.
I know it was a phone interview, but I half expect that the interviewer got the munchies just from talking to him.
No fun allowed. Fun is illegal. Must be miserable. It is required all peasants are miserable.
Nardwuar vs. Tommy Chong (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86l5RBnZgfE
Especially as MJ smoke contributes to co-morbidities just as readily as tobacco smoke.
4/20 is just more proof that pot smokers are morons.
They think it’s some kind of sneaky thing the adults won’t understand.
Well, that’s one example of a burden on our real economy. Vices don’t add anything good to it.
So should we ban both substances, or neither?
Ditto for alcohol and tobacco? And salacious R-rated movies ... but not uplifting G-rated movies?
Dolores Park will still be packed.. Tradition marches on..
Huge crowds passing bongs and joints.
What could go wrong on Hitlers birth day.
“So should we ban both substances, or neither?”
Like for meth, there would be a black market for either one.
Like for meth, there would be a black market for either one.
Sounds like an argument against banning either substance.
Yes, ditto for alcohol, tobacco and overly expensive movies...parasites on the economy.
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