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Where Did 420 Come From?

Posted 20 Apr 2010 — by Vee
Category Tuesday TOT

Today is: Tuesday

Today’s Rating: 10

Time Right Now: 1:49AM

Last Beverage: Water

Last Song Heard: Vans by Lil Wayne

Time for a Toke and a TOT:

Happy 420 everyone!

This day is mega fuckin awesome. It’s probably the best holidy out there right now even though it isn’t technically a holiday.. yet. They should totally make it a national holiday, where everyone stays home cause everything is closed and people just chill with their fam or friends and smoke nuff ganja.

Wouldn’t that be fucking perfect?

I hope y’all stocked up on your favourite shit, I know I got me some Sweet Tooth which tastes and smells like fruity candy.

Anyways, I’m sure many of you people don’t know why 420 even came to be. Some people think that that April 20th is like Bob Marley’s birthday, which it isn’t (He was born on February 6th, 1945). Other people believe it is the police code for “marijuana smoking in progress” or something like that, which is also false as there is no police code 420.

Look for yourself:

Code Meaning
187 Homicide
207 Kidnapping
207A Kidnapping attempt
211 Robbery
211A Robbery alarm
211S Robbery alarm, silent
213 Use of illegal explosives
217 Assault with intent to murder
240 Assault
242 Battery
245 Assault with a deadly weapon
246 Shooting at inhabited dwelling
261 Rape
261A Attempted rape
273A Child neglect
273D Domestic violence - Felony
288 Lewd conduct
311 Indecent exposure
314 Indecent exposure
374B Illegal dumping
390 Drunk
390D Drunk, unconscious
406 Breaking and Entering
415 Disturbance
417 Person with a gun
417K Person with a knife
419 Dead human body
428 Child Molest
444 Officer Involved Shooting
459 Burglary
459A Burglar alarm
459S Burglar alarm, silent
470 Forgery
480 Hit and run – Felony (great bodily injury or death)
481 Hit and run – Misdemeanor
484 Theft (definition)
487 Grand theft (value >= $400, or certain livestock)
488 Petty theft (value < $400)
502 Drunk Driving
503 Auto theft
504 Tampering with a vehicle
505A Reckless driving
507 Public nuisance
510 Speeding or racing vehicles
586 Illegal parking
594 Malicious mischief
604 Throwing missiles
647 Lewd conduct (various subsections)
653M Threatening phone calls

So where the hell did it come from then? I’ll tell you where (via Wikipedia, you lazy people):

April 20 (4/20 in U.S. date notation) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis.

The term originated from a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, United States in 1971. The teens would meet after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana at the Louis Pasteur statue.

According to an April 2009 article on the The Huffington Post, the group called itself the Waldos because its members hung out by a wall after school. Writer Ryan Grim, citing interviews with anonymous Waldos, claims that the group met by the statue at 4:20 p.m. to begin a search for a crop of abandoned cannabis growing near Point Reyes that they had heard about. They never found the stash, Grim writes, but smoked plenty of marijuana while looking for it.

Just a Thought On Today