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: 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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This story, as uncovered by the Huffington Post, features a group of friends getting together to discover a mystery crop of marijuana in a Californian forest. So the story goes, a group of five San Rafael High School students heard word of an untended marijuana crop near the Point Reyes Peninsula Coast Guard station in 1971. To hunt this legendary crop, the boys gathered after school at exactly 4:20 p.m. — a time they would repeat to each other in the school halls as a reminder. Their hunts were reportedly unsuccessful, but the boys continued to meet at 4:20 p.m. for weeks. After a while, their codeword became shorthand for marijuana itself with friends, and friends of friends, sharing the in-joke. As hippie culture grew in California, word quickly spread and 420 went down in history. Since then the phrase has been used to describe and celebrate marijuana use all over the world. While it’s important to take the story with a grain of salt, it’s a wild and daring tale filled with adventure and camaraderie.