why is april 20th national pot day? kids got arrested at my school today and they had drug searches in the parking lot. i didn't know it was a "holiday" though until this past monday...what's so signifigant about the date? why is this national pot day? thanks!
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Miscellaneous category? Maybe give some free advice about: Random Weirdos? darkmoon answered Thursday April 23 2009, 2:09 pm: the term 420 originated at San Rafael High School, in 1971, among a group of about a dozen pot-smoking wiseacres who called themselves the Waldos, who are now pushing 50. The term was shorthand for the time of day the group would meet, at the campus statue of Louis Pasteur, to smoke pot. Intent on developing their own discreet language, they made 420 code for a time to get high, and its use spread among members of an entire generation.
So there ya go, someone's parents out there invented the term 4/20.
And remember this:
There are NOT 420 chemicals in Weed. It's about 315, the num. goes up or down depending on what you're smoking.
4/20 is NOT police code or Maryjane.
And that whole crap about Holland and 4/20 over there being "tea time" for smokers isn't true either. [ darkmoon's advice column | Ask darkmoon A Question ]
Kraze answered Wednesday December 31 2008, 12:04 am: Most pot smokers use 420 for just that, but, this date also happens to be Hitler's birthday which most possibly connected to or resulted in the selection of the April 20th date of the Columbine tragedy. [ Kraze's advice column | Ask Kraze A Question ]
tamwx3 answered Monday March 10 2008, 4:56 pm: they call its national weed day because its april witch is the 4th month and the 20th so 420 is the code for police when they have a bust for weed so they made it national weed day hope i gave you the answer you were looking for :) [ tamwx3's advice column | Ask tamwx3 A Question ]
420American_Pyscho answered Saturday April 21 2007, 7:45 pm: April 20th is National Weed day because: 420 is the cops code for "Pothead".
cwisner answered Wednesday April 18 2007, 9:05 pm: yeh. um not true.
the reason is when police find a pot head or someone with pot they say the have a 4 20, and another reason is because pot was discovered on april 20th.
so the fags answer above is 100% wrong and has obviously never smoked pot or knows anthing about it. [ cwisner's advice column | Ask cwisner A Question ]
DrEaMgIrL answered Friday April 22 2005, 8:46 pm: When i heard about that i was like horrified! but then laughing at the same time cuz i could imagine so many ppl getting arrested for that!! some stupid drunk guy probably made it up and told all his friends and were so desperate that they had to protest to have it!
lol
jokerzgrl answered Friday April 22 2005, 3:06 pm: Well, 4/20 is the code word for pot, first of all. And its the average time people get off of work and school to smoke pot, 4:20 pm. I don't what more I can add to it, but at my school it was a pretty big thing , alot kids came to school stoned, like thats different from any other day...
MAd Love,
Victoria [ jokerzgrl's advice column | Ask jokerzgrl A Question ]
o0xbrianna answered Thursday April 21 2005, 10:08 pm: Slang for pot is 420. So all the stoners decided that April 20th (Hence 420) would be national pot smoking day! Lol, drugs are bad.
kevin1986 answered Thursday April 21 2005, 7:25 pm: Because in 1971 a bunch of kids in California apparently had spring break and smoked weed that day. It is now the police code for weed. Ignore every answer except this one. [ kevin1986's advice column | Ask kevin1986 A Question ]
ComatoseNOtiose answered Thursday April 21 2005, 7:24 pm: April 20th=420=the stoner number=4:20 pm=the time a bunch of stoners thought was a good time to get high. : My former druggie math teacher let us do nothing yesterday, it was awesome. [ ComatoseNOtiose's advice column | Ask ComatoseNOtiose A Question ]
LostAngel answered Thursday April 21 2005, 6:17 pm: I didn't know it was till tuesday...and I still don't get what the purpose of that. I am not sure if that happened in my school no one told me, since I wasn't feeling well I went hope be4 first period..I am surprise no one called me a pot head just bc I was out yesterday...and yet I still don't get the point of this f**ked up holiday..haha [ LostAngel's advice column | Ask LostAngel A Question ]
xolilabbs214ox answered Thursday April 21 2005, 5:25 pm: same at my school..... well it is s b'day... maybe that has something to do with it.. if you aske me.. some of the people i know .. it is national pot day everday.. lol please rate
x0x0 abbey x0x0 [ xolilabbs214ox's advice column | Ask xolilabbs214ox A Question ]
shootingstar25xo answered Thursday April 21 2005, 4:44 pm: Ugh, I just found out it was national pot day on 4/20 when my neighbor told me yesterday. I think it's a total waste. Drugs suck! Yeah, anyways. I'm pretty sure April 20 (420) was chosen as national pot day because in slang, 420 means lets go get high. hope i helped! [ shootingstar25xo's advice column | Ask shootingstar25xo A Question ]
cUrLyHaiReDcUtiE16 answered Wednesday April 20 2005, 9:38 pm: heyy .. umm i didnt find out this was a holiday until last year but its not really a real holiday its just another reason for all drugaddics to get stoned nothing really special
MummuM answered Wednesday April 20 2005, 9:34 pm: That's crazy. My school didn't have any drug searches at all. I don't think it's a real "holiday", like as in Easters, Christmas, Boxing Day, etc. It just gives the "stoners" and others a reason to smoke weed on this day.
♥ Krissy [ MummuM's advice column | Ask MummuM A Question ]
cutiibabii44 answered Wednesday April 20 2005, 9:00 pm: 4/20 is a national pot day because in the past they decided to make april(4) day(20) the national pot day, it's a really retro thing..at our school we didn't get a drug bust but we had a lil grey bus parked infront of the school, pot day is a big thing in my town it's written 4/20 everywhere like literally, but it's nothing bit it just gives a reason to the stoners to do weed [ cutiibabii44's advice column | Ask cutiibabii44 A Question ]
LoveNJstyle answered Wednesday April 20 2005, 8:56 pm: hahaha well our school didnt get checked but a friend told me it was. honestly i think its hilarious. it prolly dates back to the hippie days or somthin. i doubt it has anything with government holidays if u know what i mean. <3 [ LoveNJstyle's advice column | Ask LoveNJstyle A Question ]
countryhunn4lyfe answered Wednesday April 20 2005, 8:55 pm: haha im also stumped on that question..all i know is that the school makes a big thing about it and everyone says that that night they're going to light up, but if ya ask me, thats just crazy and stupid!! lol If you ever find out why, let me know :-) [ countryhunn4lyfe's advice column | Ask countryhunn4lyfe A Question ]
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