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4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is a term used in North America to refer to the consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with the drug subculture around cannabis.
[edit] Origins and observances
Although there are many explanations for the origin of the term, one stems from a story about a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California in 1971. The teens would meet after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana at the Louis Pasteur statue.[1] The term became part of their group's salute, "420 Louis!",[2] and became popularized in the late 1980s by fans of the Grateful Dead.[3]By extension April 20 ("4/20" in U.S. dating shorthand) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis.[4] In some locations this celebration coincides with Earth Week.[5][6][7] In Dunedin, New Zealand, students at the University of Otago and other cannabis law reform activists meet under a walnut tree on the Otago University Union Lawn on Wednesdays and Fridays at 4:20pm to openly smoke cannabis in public in what they call an 'act of protest'.[8][9][10]
[edit] References in popular culture
On 20 April 2007 at 4:20pm PDT, over 700 people gathered at City Hall in Victoria, BC to celebrate Victoria's 10th annual 4/20 celebration. Victoria police were not visibly in attendance [11]
- Phrases such as "420 friendly" sometimes appear in roommate advertisements, indicating that the current occupants are tolerant of cannabis users.[12][13] That phrase is also used in personal ads to denote the same association.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- ^ "420 (Language)". Snopes.com - Urban Legends Reference Pages (2005-04-19). Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
- ^ Maria Alicia Gaura (2000-04-20). "Stoner Chic Traces Origin To San Rafael: Snickering high schoolers brought '420' into lexicon". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
- ^ "'420' enthusiasts honor cannabis on high holiday". cbs5.com (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
- ^ Thousands at UCSC burn one to mark cannabis holiday
- ^ Earth Week in Guam
- ^ Earth Week in San Diego
- ^ Earth Week in Victora, BC
- ^ "Dope Heads on Campus". TV One Close Up (July 27, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Otepoti Overgrown: Cannabis Culture in Dunedin". Critic Te Arohi Magazine (April 29, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-10-05.
- ^ "420 Protest". Channel 9 News Dunedin (February 22, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-10-07.
- ^ Lavigne, Andrea (April 25th, 2007), "Celebration up in smoke: Pot supporters celebrate 10th anniversary", Victoria News, <http://www.mapinc.org/newstcl/v07/n525/a08.html>
- ^ Improve your Pot head Vocabulary - 420 friendly
- ^ "Boulder Renters Seek Pot-Smoking Roommates: Boulder Still a Bastion of Hippies and Radicals, Apparently". New West (Living section) - The Voice of the Rocky Mountains (2006-05-08). Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
- ^ Captain Cannabis comic book
- ^ High Times Magazine, February 2007, The Buzz section page 13, "Sensi Superman"
- ^ Skunk Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 8, Cool Stuff section, "420 Verne Signature Series"
- ^ QsHouse Radio/iPod Interview - Verne Andru: the George Lucas of the comic world
- ^ "New Method Man Album 4:21...The Day After" (in English), Sixshot. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
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