I’ve heard the number 420 used in relation to marijuana repeatedly but never figured out what it means. I don’t know anybody who does it, so I can’t ask around. What does the number refer to??
From here :
According to Steven Hager, editor of High Times, the term 420 originated at San Rafael High School, in 1971, among a group of about a dozen pot-smoking wiseacres who called themselves the Waldos, who are now pushing 50. The term was shorthand for the time of day the group would meet, at the campus statue of Louis Pasteur, to smoke pot. Intent on developing their own discreet language, they made 420 code for a time to get high, and its use spread among members of an entire generation.
The cite also dispells some of the myths surrounding the name “420”.
Mbossa
May 23, 2004, 11:16am
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Snopes has the answer - although the information in it is pretty much the same as in 1920 ’s link
Ah, makes sense now. I’ve heard a reference to the time of day.
Thanks, guys.