 Since last years 4/20, seven new states have legalized adult use cannabis, bringing the total to 18 states that allow recreational marijuana.
Also since last year, the pandemic seems to be over and mask mandates have been lifted across the country, so being able to get out of the house means this 420, there are some epic events planned from coast to coast. All cannabis users know that 420 is code for smoking weed, which is why April 20th, or 4-20, is the day stoners and marijuana afficionados celebrate the day. Many have heard that the term “420” was coined by kids smoking after school, at 4:20, but do you know the details? There are a few origin stories, but the most credible one traces back to 1971 in California, just north of the San Francisco Bay., Five students at San Rafael High School would meet at 4:20 p.m. to smoke outside their school. They chose that specific time because their extracurricular activities had usually ended by then. The kids were referred to as the “Waldos” because they met near a wall. One of the Waldos wound up working as a roadie with the Grateful Dead who helped popularize the term “420.” In 1990, a group of Deadheads in Okland, California handed out flyers that invited people to smoke “420” on April 20 at 4:20 p.m. One of those flyers ended up in the hands of a former reporter for High Times magazine, named Steven Bloom. High Times printed a copy of that flyer in their magazine in 1991 and continued to reference the number. Before long, everyone knew that was code for marijuana. A few years later, in 1998, High Times magazine acknowledged that the “Waldos” were the “inventors” of the term “420”. The writer from High Times who first got ahold of the 420 flyer, Steven Bloom, has credited the people who wrote the flyer for the date’s reputation as an annual gathering of pot smokers. He wrote, “They wanted people all over the world to get together on one day each year and collectively smoke pot at the same time." And so it has. Comments are closed.
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