Yes, 420. It is basically the independence day of all cannabis users across the United States. It’s the day that people can come together and share in something that brings them great joy and happiness each and every day. Some marijuana users value 420 as a more important day than Christmas. It’s understood why someone might miss work, school, or other responsibilities and obligations on 420.
After all, this is the national holiday for cannabis! 420 is the time to sit back on the couch with a good TV show on while smoking a bowl with the buddies. The history behind 420 is quite interesting, and there are a surprising amount of potheads who have no idea how the weed-focused holiday even began. How did 420 become that day that all marijuana users know and love? Who on earth started this glorious day? Well, we wanted to go ahead and write this article about some interesting facts regarding 420. We know that April 20th is still many months away at this point, but we hope that you still find this interesting while you wait in eager anticipation for the 20th of April to come around again.
So how did this holiday start? The weed community may possibly be up in arms about various interpretations about how 420 began, but we have credible sources that cited the earliest evidence of 420 being started by a group of friends in high school. Yes, we are being for real! Apparently, a group of high school students in California always joked about 4:20 being the perfect time to light up after school. Naturally, as this was occurring in 1971 when weed was not legalized in any state or in any form, the group of friends had to keep things a secret, so they did not talk about these events openly.
420 was a code name for how they would meet up after school and engage in some illegal activities together. At some point, this name caught on and was therefore adopted by the rest of the cannabis community during that time period. This means that some people’s favorite holiday was actually started by some dumb high school sstudents smoking weed. And to further push back against the dumb and ambitious weed-smoker stigma that so many in this country like to talk about, all these young men went on to have great careers in their various fields. So next time you light up on 420, remember that all of it can be traced back to these guys.
Another fun fact about 420 is that the government in Denver Colorado had to change their highway signs. The department of transportation in Colorado had to replace one of their road signs on interstate 70 because the sign read “Mile 420” on it. We can all guess what people did because of this sign – that’s right, they stole it! People love to keep road signs for some reason, and I guess this sign was just too good to pass up for anybody who enjoys the casual marijuana puff here and there.
The sign kept going missing time after time, and eventually the administrators decided to just change the mile market, since there appeared to be no end to the cannabis-related theft. Funnily enough, Colorado is not the only state that has had to change their road signs because of the infamous 420. Idaho and Washington have both had to change mile markers due to repeated signs going missing. Who knew that the cannabis community was so into stealing road signs? If you ask me, it’s all in fun and in the name of marijuana.
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