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How did 4/20 become a significant date for marijuana enthusiasts worldwide? It all started with five high school students in California searching for a hidden marijuana garden.

How did 4/20 become a significant date for marijuana enthusiasts worldwide? It all started with five high school students in California searching for a hidden marijuana garden.

How did 4/20 become a significant date for marijuana enthusiasts worldwide? It all started with five high school students in California searching for a hidden marijuana garden.

It was never California police code for marijuana, and it had nothing to do with the date of April 20th. But the origins of "420" as the codeword of stoner culture lie here in the Bay Area, with a group of five teenagers — now men in their 60s — living in Marin.

Meet the founding fathers of 420: How five California high schoolers - including the son of a DoJ NARCOTICS agent - coined term as a code for getting high 50 YEARS ago, and sparked the start of the now-infamous weed-themed holiday David Reddix, 66, Steve Capper, 66, Larry Schwartz, Jeff Noel, 66, and Mark Gravich, 64, were friends at San Rafael High School in suburban San Francisco in the 70s In the fall of 1971, another classmate gave them a map to a marijuana garden that his brother-in-law ha...

The grass IS greener! White House says Joe Biden supports decriminalizing recreational use of marijuana on the day Americans mark 4/20, the unofficial holiday celebrating all things cannabis Press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters: At the federal level he supports decriminalizing marijuana use and automatically expunging any prior criminal record. He also supports legalizing medicinal marijuana Pictures show people across the United States marking the 50th anniversary of 4/20 Tuesday  In New ...