We'ed like to know the origin

 We'ed Like To Know The Origin
by: Coralie Pelletier

From picnics in Sydney to Concerts in Denver, April 20 is known as international marijuana day. All over the world,in places where it's legal or not, there are events to celebrate and rally for the legalisation of weed. 

But why are there annual weed related events on this particular day and where does the expression " 420 blaze it" actually come from?

The 420 anual Rally at Hyde Park in London, England.

Over the years, there has been many myths and rumours about how 420 became a code for marijuana-smoking.

But it's true origin is from way back in the 70s,at a High School in California.

Five high school students from  San Rafael High School  are the ones behind the whole 420 code word, and it started off like this:

The boys called themselves the Waldos and were on a  mission to find a patch of pot that one of the members brothers was rumoured to have planted around town. The boys would meet up at the  Louis Pasteur statue afterschool. Their meet time and place was always 4:20 pm at this statue, so they started to refer to this as "4:20 Louis".

The code-phrase eventually got shortened to 4:20, and was known as the time of day people should get together  to consume cannabis (like day-drinking and the saying "It's 5:00 somewhere").

These 5 highschool students started this phrase that spread across globe and now, over 40 years later used to refer to marijuana in general.

So April, the fourth month of the year, and its 20th day is now known as National pot smoking day and is celebrated from Australia to London, Canada to Amsterdam, America to Scotland and it's origin is from 5 high school kids making up a codeword to meet up to get high. Crazy how things can spread right?



Picture source: https://www.leafly.com/cannabis-events/annual-london-420-pro-cannabis-rally