Happy 420 Day!
You know what it is.
Blaze up, smoke down, kill your short-term memory, and eat 10 pies.
Today is Marijuana Christmas. Open your pretty bags and stuff your bowls full of greens. In other words, a reason to celebrate getting high.
It is widely accepted that in 1971, a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, calling themselves “The Waldos”, used to meet every day after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana at the Louis Pasteur statue. [2] [3] The term became part of their group’s salute, “420 Louis,”[4] and it eventually caught on more widely. Many cannabis users continue to observe 4:20 as a time to smoke communally. By extension April 20 (”4/20″ in U.S. dating shorthand) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis.[5] [6]
There are also many apocryphal urban legends attempting to explain the origin of the term. Two of the most common of these are that 420 refers to the number of active ingredients in cannabis, or that it is police dispatch code for cannabis.[7] In actual fact there are around 315 active chemicals in cannabis, varying depending on the exact plant used, and 420 has never been verified as the police dispatch code for anything in any locale.
If you are a dork and need to know what the origins of it are you can always read the wholeWiki.
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*chuckle* .. any excuse huh ?
For people that know what it is….Same old, same old….lol
Good old 4/20….Gotta love it!!
heheheh
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Should we have a moment of silence to remember please
I didn’t even know there was a special time to smoke communally!
Hitler was also born on 4/20, the Columbine tragedy also happened on that day. So the moment of silence isn’t a bad idea.
I know it’s good for a chuckle and all, but this year my 14 year old daughter found out what 4/20 is all about and suddenly it took on a whole new meaning. She thought it was senseless, disgusting and completely stupid. She spent time online talking to friends who referenced it in their screen names, trying to convince them how dumb it was to celebrate something like that, let alone actually do it. I’m proud to say that her friends look up to her and consider her advice worth taking.
I totally love the person who is my daughter.
I swear I learn something new everyday. LOL
That’s great Leigh. Though I can’t say I’m a saint in the use of weed, I can say it is one of those things that should be used in moderation, or not at all for most people. It has good uses for sure, but it does still have negative effects for those that abuse it like anything else that isn’t used in moderation.
My feeling on it is that it is a silly thing to be illegal and it has more to do with the freedom of those that would want to use it. When alcohol has much more risk tot he health of citizens it makes no sense to say that people cannot use marijuana for recreation if they so choose. It is so widely used that it would be more beneficial to have it legal for safety concerns at the very least.
is it over yet.. i hope not..
I figure those original dudes from San Rafael are now in their mid 50s. Probably still tokin…
That’s great Leigh. Though I can’t say I’m a saint in the use of weed, I can say it is one of those things that should be used in moderation, or not at all for most people. It has good uses for sure,