Tommy Chong Celebrates Birthday With 700 Friends, Cannabis Doctor and Free Marijuana

The legendary stoner comic celebrated No. 78 at Mack Sennett Studios in L.A.

Hours after Tommy Chong's daughter Rae Dawn Chong posted on Facebook that her famous father was "heartbroken" over being uninvited to speak at a rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the legendary stoner comic looked to be back in good spirits at his 78th birthday party.

Chong believes Sanders' camp dropped him from the Los Angeles rally because of his association with marijuana, but that didn't stop him from loading his May 24 bash full of the green stuff — and 700 friends, who gathered at Mack Sennett Studios in Los Angeles.

Chong, who was diagnosed with rectal cancer last year after beating prostate cancer before that, also used the occasion to roll out his new line of medicinal cannabis products. Many in the mellow crowd (which included Breaking Bad's RJ Mitte) visited with a doctor in the...

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