SACRAMENTO â Are Hollywood's most famous stoners making a power play at the California capitol? If you're old enough, you may remember Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong for their comedic marijuana movies. You might say their whole image is baked into the marijuana business. The comedy duo made pot-smoking part of American cinema in the 1970s.Cheech and Chong are now 79 and 86, respectively.
We're trying to protect the hemp-derived drinks we have in the state of California right now.'Dennis Bozanich is a California marijuana consultant who said the state of the industry is in distress.'The promise of the big wave of cash and resources and all of that was lasted about 18 months,' Bozanich said.Bozanich said greed got the best of the industry. He said what was once described as the Wild West now has too many regulations and taxes, forcing many businesses to close.