Tommy Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian comedian, actor and musician who is well-known for his stereotypical portrayals of hippie-era stoners. He is most widely known for his involvement in the marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo Chingkwake on Fox's That '70s Show.

Tommy Chong

In Jamaika sind tagelange Unruhen zwischen Polizei und Drogengangstern eskaliert. Für die Hauptstadt Kingston wurde der Ausnahmezustand ausgerufen.

Die Bandenmitglieder griffen vier Polizeistationen an und setzten eine Dienststelle in Brand. Die Angreifer versuchen die Auslieferung des mutmaßlichen Drogen- und Waffenhändlers Christopher "Dudus" Coke in die USA zu verhindern.

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Medical marijuana is exploding in Oregon.

There are 33,000 people who hold medical marijuana cards in the state, and there are so many new people applying for them that it’s creating a backlog.

I wanted to know if all these people really need treatment with marijuana and how easy it is to get a medical marijuana card. So I went undercover to find out.

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I doubt the first pot pioneers in Humboldt County, referred to as “back-to-the-landers” during the late 1960s, realized they might someday sow the seeds for an industry which could financially bail out the state of California.

In a delightful, ironic twist, those intrepid pioneers who fled the establishment to seek a simpler way of life must now re-establish contact with the “man” if they want to survive legalization and maintain their way of life.

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He vowed that criminals would not triumph, after supporters of an alleged druglord took to the streets to stop him from being arrested.

One police station has been set on fire and two others shot at by suspected supporters of Christopher "Dudus" Coke.

The authorities have declared a state of emergency in parts of Kingston.

The trouble began late last week when the authorities announced they would arrest and extradite Mr Coke to the US.

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Russia's top drugs official gave a list of Afghan and Central Asian drug barons to U.S. anti-drugs tsar Gil Kerlikowske Sunday, but criticized U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan for failing to stem opium output.

Russia is the world's biggest per capita user of heroin -- all of it flowing from Afghanistan -- and President Dmitry Medvedev has called drug abuse among the country's youth a threat to national security.

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More than 8kg of pure methamphetamine (P), with a street value of around $6 million, was found last week in the luggage of a Taiwanese tour group at Auckland Airport, the Customs Department says.

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