Why is 420 such a significant number to potheads?

Question

I know its national smokin day, but why?

Answer 1

Dude - its cause kids used to meet after school at 4:20!  Before their folks came home from work.

Totally.

Answer 2

I didn't know that it was.

Answer 3

it is national smoke pot day also hitlers birthday i dont know how they are related though maybe a cop cod like 51 50 is crazy maybe 4 20 is drug offense?

Answer 4

http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/4...

Answer 5

Because April 20th is the day you are suppozed to sit home and smoke up all day in a peaceful protest against

"the man"...I think. I dont smoke anything, but I will ask some pot head friends.

Answer 6

NATIONAL SMOKE DAY! 420 was the code cops used as a marijuana offense its like church but for ppl who smoke

Answer 7

April 20 is Hitlers b-day & people party on that day & get high, no clue why on hitlers b-day

Answer 8

The birthday of Bob Marley, April 20th, 4/20 4:20 all that

Answer 9

It be cop code for marijuana offense.

Violation number or such...

Answer 10

you know how 4:00pm is high-tea time? well 4:20pm is like a spoof on that. Just HIGH time.

Answer 11

I believe that this is what you are looking for!

The Origin Revealed



According to Steven Hager, editor of High Times, 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. While our teens feel that they know something we don't, you can let them in on the fact that it was your generation that came up with the numbers.

A quote from one of the Waldos in the High Times article states, "We did discover we could talk about getting high in front of our parents without them knowing by using the phrase 420." Fortunately, your teenagers will not have that same option.

Whatever!

Simply put, 420 is a symbol of cannabis and its culture. Today, April 20th events are international, and 4:20 pm has become sort of a world wide "burn time". It certainly doesn't matter too much where the term came from because for us parents, it's a flag, a warning sign that our teenagers may be into something that could harm their future. When you see the symbol 420, be aware of what it represents.

KNOWN MYTHS!

Police dispatch code for smoking pot is 420. The number 420 is not police radio code for anything, anywhere. Checks of criminal codes suggest that the origin is neither Californian nor federal. For instance, California Penal Code 420 defines as a misdemeanor the hindrance of use of public lands.

There are approximately 420 active chemicals in marijuana. Actually, there are approximately 315 active chemicals in marijuana. This number goes up and down depending on which plant is used.

April 20th is National Pot Smokers Day. Well, it is now; but that wasn't the origin.

April 20th is Hitler's birthday. Yes, it is his birthday. But, as 420 started out as a time, not a date, his birthday had nothing to do with it.

April 20th is the date of the Columbine school shootings. This happened after the term was already in use.

4:20 is tea time for pot-smokers in Holland. Tea time in Holland is at 5:30 pm, or is it 2:30 pm? Seems no one is quite sure when the wonderful people of Holland drink their tea.

Answer 12

4x20= alot of weed

Answer 13

It's a time that comes around twice a day, also a day that comes around once a year.

Different stories:

1)A group of kids used to meet at some park in Cali after school and toke up. The story I heard involved the names of famous people, but who they were escapes me. You can only remember so much when someone's telling you a 4:20 story at 4:20 on 4:20.

2)A truck was caught going across the Mexican-American border on April 20th with 420 pounds of pot at 4:20 AM on highway 420(if there even is a highway 420 :P)

3)Hitler's Birthday

4)Cops Code for Marijuana Possession.

Answer 14

420 is street lingo for weed.

Answer 15

MJ burns at 420 degrees F.  

Other things do too, but that's not important to potheads.

Answer 16

Hitler's B-day and national get high day.

Answer 17

4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is a term used in North America as a discreet way to refer to the consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis culture. Phrases such as "420 friendly" sometimes appear in roommate advertisements, indicating that the current occupants are tolerant of cannabis users

Answer 18

it used to be the "code" for the cops... 420! ha they alwasys knew what was up lol... and this has no signifigance to it, but i t was hitlers b day.

Answer 19

cuz it's 420 man, i forget why it's important

Answer 20

April 20th is like.. national smoke up day.

Answer 21

because back in the old days, wen the police were chasing after somone doing the drug, they called it a code 420,  so the stoners adopted it as their time and date

Answer 22

The urban myth I have always heard on this subject, and read about involves a group of HS weed smokers meeting at 4:20 to smoke the good stuff.  This club spread like the herb itself.

Bob Marley born Feb. 6th for above post.

Answer 23

i forget.

Answer 24

4:20 P.M is the average time that every one has gotten home from work or school and by 4:20 they are ready to toke up.