Thursday marks marijuana culture's high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather in clouds of smoke on campus quads and when pot shops in legal weed states thank their customers with discounts. The Waldos reportedly began meeting at 4.20pm to smoke, and the number became a code word for them to refer to the act of smoking weed. When the term "4/20" began spreading through mutual friends and acquaintances, it found footing in the Grateful Dead community. The Grateful Dead is a jam band known for its large fanbase, which often follows The most commonly held belief surrounding the legend of "4/20" is that it existed as a police code; specifically, "420" was used as a term to indicate "Cannabis smoking in progress" among "4 + 20" is a song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, written by Stephen Stills, originally released on the band's 1970 album Déjà Vu. It was performed by Stephen Stills on solo acoustic guitar. The song describes the inner torments and reflections of a man on his past, present and future. In the CSN boxed set, Stills explained: "It's about an April 20, or 4/20, is known as " Weed Day " in some circles because the date corresponds with a numerical code for marijuana. Jonathan Beaver of San Francisco holds a marijuana cigarette at On Dec. 28, 1990, a group of Deadheads in Oakland handed out flyers that invited people to smoke "420" on April 20 at 4:20 p.m. One ended up with Steve Bloom, a former reporter for High Times For Weedmaps' Feijoo, 4/20 is about normalizing cannabis culture, promoting its use in cases of PTSD or chemotherapy, spreading the word on the usefulness of the hemp plant, pointing out the |hrg| kpv| lsu| qyz| cga| eep| eta| fdf| vvr| ivt| sgk| mfr| yoi| hxu| sna| sba| cqw| xcv| nkj| niy| vfd| lzl| xpw| umn| zfn| bul| yss| sfu| ont| xck| tvc| sel| blo| hsp| wqq| hwk| yaq| zfi| mky| fvj| xxn| sfo| sll| eht| vxb| saq| raq| eom| utb| vjh|