AP Explains: 4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana's high

Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts. Many states have instituted “social equity” measures to help communities of color, harmed the most by the drug war, reap financial benefits from legalization.

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