Title: Why The Number '420' Is Associated With Marijuana
Headings: Why The Number ‘420’ Is Associated With Marijuana
Why The Number ‘420’ Is Associated With Marijuana
Leah Williams
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Leah Williams

Content: One of these events, which New Zealand may be able to legally celebrate soon, is ‘420 day’. This is an annual day (April 20) where pot smokers around the world come together to get high. While the event is fairly well known, the origin of the ‘420’ term is harder to come by. There are multiple theories about why the day is associated with marijuana, by the general consensus is the term was founded in the 1970s during the height of the marijuana craze. According to some reports, 420 was used as code by local Californian cops to describe marijuana smoking incidents in progress. This code was then adopted by pot smokers. But there’s another story, reported to be the ‘true’ origin of 420. READ MORE
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