Where did the 420 thing originate from , and what is the meaning behind it?

Answer 1

its a rule in the indain penal code

Answer 2

This is what I found:


True story?: "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. The term 420 was shorthand for the time of day the group would meet, at the campus statue of Louis Pasteur, to smoke pot. ``Waldo Steve,' a member of the group who now owns a business in San Francisco, says the Waldos would salute each other in the school hallway and say ``420 Louis!' The term was one of many invented by the group, but it was the one that caught on. ``It was just a joke, but it came to mean all kinds of things, like `Do you have any?' or `Do I look stoned?' ' he said. ``Parents and teachers wouldn't know what we were talking about.' The term took root, and flourished, and spread beyond San Rafael with the assistance of the Grateful Dead and their dedicated cohort of pot-smoking fans. The Waldos decided to assert their claim to the history of the term after decades of watching it spread, mutate and be appropriated by commercial interests. The Waldos contacted Hager, and presented him with evidence of 420's history, primarily a collection of postmarked letters from the early '70s with lots of mention of 420. They also started a Web site, waldo420.com. ``We have proof, we were the first,' Waldo Steve said. ``I mean, it's not like we wrote a book or invented anything. We just came up with a phrase. But it's kind of an honor that this emanated from San Rafael.'"

Answer 3

In Cannabis culture, the number 420 (pronounced four-twenty) relates to the consumption of cannabis and elements of its associated culture. The exact origin of the term is unknown. Marijuana users gather on April 20 ("4/20" in U.S. dating shorthand) every year to celebrate and consume marijuana. 4:20pm is also a popular time to consume cannabis.[1]

Origin

The origin of the term "420" is the subject of some dispute and much speculation, and so no theory can be said conclusively to be correct, but the term seems to have first come into popular usage in the early 1970s.

Commonly accepted origin

* Snopes.com, High Times magazine, The Marijuana-Logues, and The Straight Dope claim that in the early 1970s, a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, used to meet every day after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana at the Louis Pasteur statue. One piece of evidence supporting an origin of the term from the time 4:20 is the fact that the number is always said "four twenty". This theory is also the most cited and the most widely accepted.[2]

Other possible origins

* The term could have possibly come from H. P. Lovecraft's short story, In the Walls of Eryx, which contains the line, "My route must have been far from straight, for it seemed hours before I was free of the mirage-plant's pervasive influence... When I did get wholly clear I looked at my watch and was astonished to find that the time was only 4:20." This theory for the origin of 4:20 was first postulated on the official website for the band Tool.[3]
* The second line of the first stanza in the children's nursery rhyme 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' reads: "Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie". This theory probably arose because "Baked" is also a common euphemism for being under the influence of cannabis.[citation needed]
* 4.20pm was the time of Albert Hofmann's first LSD usage. In Albert Hofmann's published report about his accidental discovery of the psychedelic drug LSD his journal entry describes that his first deliberate consumption of LSD occurred at 4:20PM on April 19th, 1943 (Hofmann 1979). This date is known today as Bicycle Day. Hofmann's psychedelic journey lasted through the night and he finished his journal entry on April 21st.[4]
* The Bob Dylan song "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35". The song, initially released in 1966 on the album Blonde on Blonde, features the prominent refrain "everybody must get stoned". This is repeated twelve times throughout the song. Since twelve multiplied by thirty-five equals 420, it has been suggested that this song is the original source of the term 420 in cannabis culture.[citation needed]

Answer 4

420 has come to mean "I support the use of marijuana." The most commonly accepted story for the origin of this term is the (possible) tradition of HS students in San Rafael, CA meeting to smoke dope at that time. It is commonly believed that "420" relates to the penal-code for mj posession, though this is not accurate.

snopes.com, the straight dope, high times, and the marijuana logues all concur on this version of the origin-story.

It is worth mentioning that the US FDA released their non-endorsement of marijuana on 4/20 of this year.

Answer 5

originated from section 420 of indian penal code

Answer 6

From what I've heard, it started in Berkely, CA. Some high school buddies, who all got out of school at 3pm had a friand who had football or band practice or some thing (probably detention). They made arrangemets to all get together at a nearbye park after his hour was up , so they planned on 4:20. This tradition spread and spread (not a hard thing to so), and over the years has become the official time to toke up!! WOOT!!!! :-)-~ ~~ ~~ ~~~

Answer 7

according to indian penal code section 420 tells about cheating. so all the people are called 420 s.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

on April 20th there was a huge weed burning in Mexico. The government burned it all and stood there to watch and all got high, We say 420 as blowing out our hit as to say f#$%k you to the government.

Answer 10

4-20.... is the aniversary of Bob Marley's death the great marijuana smoker. from Jamaica mon.... it is a custom to remeber him All pot smokers do.....