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What's the buzz today? It's 420 Day or weed day, a national day for cannabis. While smoking a joint a day may keep the bad mood away, we hear it gives you the munchies. Yes, local Central New York restaurants are ready to cash in.
Unless you're extremely sheltered you're familiar with the term 420. You may have also heard about the "smokers holiday" and all the associated events that take place on April 20th. There are a bunch of different urban legends out there but if you want the real story history.com is sticking to the sticky icky icky on this one (Snoop Dogg reference). In other words... this is their story and they're sticking to it. "In the fall of 1971, the Waldos learned of a Coast Guard member who had planted a cannabis plant and could no longer tend to the crop. Provided with a treasure map (some say by th...
Tuesday is 4/20, which is just a date for many, but for the growing and increasingly mainstreamed cannabis culture, is something akin to a national holiday. Born of teenage stoner lore, 4:20 p.m. was allegedly the weekly meeting time for a group of five California high school students nicknamed the Waldos, who in 1971 would gather to smoke pot and search for the holy grail of weed â a flourishing crop supposedly left untended in the forest. While alternate origin theories abound, former San Rafael High School students Steve Capper, Mark Gravich, Larry Schwartz, Jeff Noel and Dave Reddix ...
Where Did The Term 4-20 Originate? Marc Piscotty/Getty Images I've heard several different stories on the origin of the term "420". One of those theories was that that was the code police used for marijuana related offenses. The one I think has the most credibility is the one about the 5 high school students, who called themselves the Waldos, from San Rafael, California. They were Steve Capper, Dave Reddix, Jeffery Noel, Larry Schwartz and Mark Gravich. Allegedly, in 1971 these 5 high school students used to meet outside their high school every day at 4:20 PM to search for a hidden canna...