Happy 420 Everybody!!!!


April 20th (4/20) is widely and unofficially known as Marijuana Appreciation Day.

Here are the untrue myths as to why this day is celebrated among potheads:
Rumors:

— 420 is the California police code for marijuana possession

— Actor/comedian Cheech Marin was born at 4:20 on April 20.

— The Grateful Dead lived at 420 Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco.

— The Dead’s Jerry Garcia died at 4:20 a.m.

Here is where 420 actually originated:

In the early 1970s a small group of hippie stoners at San Rafael High School in northern California used to meet at a designated location every day to smoke pot at 4:20 p.m. They did this so regularly that among members of the group “420″ became a general euphemism for lighting up. The catchphrase spread beyond the immediate group, beyond the high school, and ultimately beyond California, so that within a decade or two pot smokers were using it across the country and indeed the world over.


April 20, 2008 | Filed Under LMAO! 

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