They say timing is everything. And as we watch state after state legalizes medical and recreational cannabis use, the secrecy of 420 is being replaced with transparency + education.
It's 420, and yes, it's THE cannabis holiday of all holidays. We've collected a few of our favorite cannabis stories and added a link in bio with the full and true story of 420 and its origins.
The most credible story traces 4/20 to Marin County, Calif. In 1971, five students at San Rafael High School would meet at 4:20 p.m. by the campus’ statue of chemist Louis Pasteur to partake. They chose that specific time because extracurricular activities had usually ended by then. This group — Steve Capper, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel, Larry Schwartz, and Mark Gravich — became known as the “Waldos” because they met at a wall. They would say “420” to each other as code for marijuana.
Dennis Peron + "Brownie Mary” (Mary Jane Rathbun) established the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers’ Club, the first cannabis dispensary in the United States, in 1992. And so it began...
It's 420, and yes, it's THE cannabis holiday of all holidays. We've collected a few of our favorite cannabis stories and added a link in bio with the full and true story of 420 and its origins.
The most credible story traces 4/20 to Marin County, Calif. In 1971, five students at San Rafael High School would meet at 4:20 p.m. by the campus’ statue of chemist Louis Pasteur to partake. They chose that specific time because extracurricular activities had usually ended by then. This group — Steve Capper, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel, Larry Schwartz, and Mark Gravich — became known as the “Waldos” because they met at a wall. They would say “420” to each other as code for marijuana.
Dennis Peron + "Brownie Mary” (Mary Jane Rathbun) established the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers’ Club, the first cannabis dispensary in the United States, in 1992. And so it began...
