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.
Origins and observances
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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.3By extension April 20 ("4/20" in U.S. date notation) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis.4 In some locations this celebration coincides with Earth Week.567 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 consider an 'act of protest'.8910
References in popular culture
- Phrases such as "420 friendly" sometimes appear in roommate advertisements, indicating that the current occupants are tolerant of cannabis users.1112 That phrase is also used in personal ads to denote the same association.
- 420 is the title of a comic book series featuring the alternative superhero Captain Cannabis.13141516
- Noting that "the national weed smoking day is 4/20," rapper Method Man named his 2006 album 4:21... The Day After.17
- In the Futurama episode "The Farnsworth Parabox", one universe, Universe 420, is a hippy universe in which professor Farnsworth can be seen smoking from a bong.18
See also
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.
- ^ 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", Sixshot. Retrieved on 19 April 2007.
- ^ http://www.imsdb.com/transcripts/Futurama-The-Farnsworth-Parabox.html
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