420 (cannabis culture)

420
Statue of Louis Pasteur created by Benny Bufano[1][2] at San Rafael High School.
Observed by	Cannabis counterculture, legal reformers, entheogenic spiritualists
Type	Secular
Date	April 20
Observances	Cannabis consumption

420, 4:20, or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is a code word used by people who smoke cannabis to talk about the drug. It is especially used to talk about smoking cannabis at 4:20pm (16:20) in the afternoon, and for the day April 20 (4/20 in the American calendar).^[3]

The term appeared in 1971 from five American high school students in California.^[4][5]

April 20 became the day of cannabis-related events, celebrations, and protests.^[6][7]

1. ↑ "Daily Independent Journal from San Rafael, California". November 20, 1954. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
2. ↑ Chronicle, San Francisco (1962). The San Francisco Chronicle Reader. McGraw-Hill. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
3. ↑ King, Matt (April 24, 2007). "Thousands at UCSC burn one to mark cannabis holiday". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Archived from the original on April 26, 2007.
4. ↑ Writer, Maria Alicia Gaura, Chronicle Staff (April 20, 2000). "Stoner Chic Traces Origin To San Rafael / Snickering high schoolers brought '420' into lexicon". SFGATE. Retrieved November 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. ↑ McKinley, Jesse (April 20, 2009). "Marijuana Advocates Point to Signs of Change". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
6. ↑ "THE POWER OF 420 | High Times". May 13, 2013. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
7. ↑ "420 and Global Cannabis March event lists by year - Cannabis". cannabis.shoutwiki.com. Retrieved November 23, 2021.