Saturday, March 3, 2007

Weird History


We all know the term "420" but not many know the origin of the term. According to Snopes.com an urban legend site '420' began in 1971 as a bit of slang casually used by a group of high school kids at San Rafael High School in California. The term was a reminder of the time they planned to meet to light up, 4:20 p.m. Keep in mind this wasn't a general call to all dope smokers everywhere to toke up at twenty past four every day; it was twelve kids who'd made a date to meet near a certain statue.
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Anonymous said...

i heard 420 is the police code used for marijuana.

March 5, 2007 at 6:40 PM

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