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I Know What 420 Is

On April 20, 1836, the United States established the Wisconsin Territory. The Eastern part of the territory became the state of Wisconsin in 1848. The Western part then became known as the Minnesota Territory, and it became the state of Minnesota in 1858.
Peaches · F
I just found this article on the subject....😉

Both marijuana smokers and non-smokers recognize April 20 or 4/20 as a national holiday for cannabis culture, but few actually know how the date got chosen.

Some say “420” is code among police officers for “marijuana smoking in progress.” Some note 4/20 is also Adolf Hitler’s birthday. And some go as far as to cite Bob Dylan’s song “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” because 12 multiplied by 35 equals 420.

But, to put it bluntly, those rumors of the history behind how April 20, and 4/20, got associated with marijuana are false.

The most credible story traces 4/20 to Marin County, Calif. In 1971, five students at San Rafael High School would meet at 4:20 p.m. by the campus’ statue of chemist Louis Pasteur to partake. They chose that specific time because extracurricular activities had usually ended by then. This group — Steve Capper, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel, Larry Schwartz, and Mark Gravich — became known as the “Waldos” because they met at a wall. They would say “420” to each other as code for marijuana.

As Reddix told TIME in 2017, “We got tired of the Friday-night football scene with all of the jocks. We were the guys sitting under the stands smoking a doobie, wondering what we were doing there.”
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Peaches · F
@UnauthorizedAccount Maybe he's a bit immature still?🤔😉 But they say to every "made up story" there's a grain of truth in it.
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DrWatson · 70-79, M
@UnauthorizedAccount I loved that show back in the 60's.
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