Where does 420 come from?
Depending on who you ask, or their state of inebriation, there are as many varieties of answers as strains of medical bud in California. It’s the number of active chemicals in marijuana. It’s teatime in Holland. It has something to do with Hitler’s birthday. It’s those numbers in that Bob Dylan song multiplied.
The origin of the term 420, celebrated around the world by pot smokers every April 20th, has long been obscured by the clouded memories of the folks who made it a phenomenon.
The Huffington Post chased the term back to its roots and was able to find it in a lost patch of cannabis in a Point Reyes, California forest. Just as interesting as its origin, it turns out, is how it spread.
It starts with the Dead….
I heard the reason “420” came to be was because that’s what time in the afternoon all potheads wake up. Also, 4 hours and 20 minutes is exactly how long it takes a pothead to finish a task, no matter the level of complexity. ” Gaaahhhhh, how does this george forman grill even work?” “Aaaah shit…I was supposed to be at work like…4 hours ago-dude are you gonna’ hit that or what?”
Actually, I’m usually up by 3pm at the latest.
Ahh…and so the “420” mystery continues. heh.
