Blacknbengal
Well-Known Member
Just as the number "420" is synonymous with marijuana smoking, the date of April 20 is a weed smokers' holiday. Here are some useful links to help explain how this pot-culture phenomenon has hit the mainstream.
Origins: Early uses of "420" reportedly can be traced to teenagers (in this city) in 1971, who marked 4:20 p.m. as a scheduled time to meet for cannabis smoking (find the full explanation).
Additional origin: High Times magazine editor Steven Hager also pronounced 4:20 p.m. as a pot-smoking occasion for all his readers in 1998 (find an article where Hager explains this and more).
http://specials.msn.com/a-list/news/420-popular-pages
Origins: Early uses of "420" reportedly can be traced to teenagers (in this city) in 1971, who marked 4:20 p.m. as a scheduled time to meet for cannabis smoking (find the full explanation).
Additional origin: High Times magazine editor Steven Hager also pronounced 4:20 p.m. as a pot-smoking occasion for all his readers in 1998 (find an article where Hager explains this and more).
http://specials.msn.com/a-list/news/420-popular-pages