# Tommy Chong has cancer - again.

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**Created:** [June 18, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-chong-has-cancer-again/722869 "2015-06-18T17:31:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-chong-has-cancer-again/722869/1 "2015-06-18T17:31:02Z")

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Tommy Chong, who batted prostate cancer in the past, announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with rectal cancer.

Chong tweeted, “I have good news and bad news. First the bad news, the cancer came back and it’s a real pain in the butt. The good news is I now have to use more marijuana to treat the cancer.”

I wish Tommy well. I saw him on Dancing With the Stars and he was in amazing shape for a 77 year old man. I hope he beats this, too.

> **[Tommy Chong says he has cancer again](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/06/17/tommy-chong-says-he-has-cancer-again/28864861/)**
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> Tommy Chong says he's going to beat cancer again, and marijuana is going to help him.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-chong-has-cancer-again/722869/2 "2015-06-18T17:39:24Z")

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Wishing him the best. If laughter is the best medicine, then that man may yet outlive us all.

**makes toking gesture**

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-chong-has-cancer-again/722869/3 "2015-06-18T19:27:57Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Tommy Chong, who batted prostate cancer in the past, announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with rectal cancer.

Damn, it got him coming and going.

Sorry.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-chong-has-cancer-again/722869/4 "2015-06-18T19:49:18Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Damn, it got him coming and going.
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> Sorry.

No prob. At least he can joke about it, too. 🙂