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The first High Times mention of 4:20 smoking and a 4/20 holiday appeared in May 1991 [15] and erroneously attributed the origin of the term to a police code; this and other spurious incorrect origin stories became common. [16] The connection to the Waldos appeared in December 1998.
Some say 420 was police code for marijuana, others attributed it to a group of high schoolers in California who used to gather at 4:20 pm to toke up. As a result, the hour 4:20 p.m. is usually ...
police code, bob dylan and other 420 rumors While the Waldos story is history among many in the marijuana subculture, other rumors about 420’s origins have popped up over the years.
The origins of the date, and the term “420” generally, were long murky. Some claimed it referred to a police code for marijuana possession or that it derived from Bob Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35,” with its refrain of “Everybody must get stoned” — 420 being the product of 12 times 35.
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— Oregon Governor Tom McCall, who signed the nation's first legislation decriminalizing certain marijuana offenses in 1973. In 1973, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize cannabis. Possession of 28.35 grams (1 ounce) or less is a violation (not a crime) punishable by a $500 to $1,000 fine; stricter punishments exist for sale or cultivation. Possession of 1 ounce to 110 grams is a ...
A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in the United States. Examples of police codes include " 10 codes " (such as 10-4 for "okay" or "acknowledged"—sometimes written X4 or X-4), signals, incident codes, response codes , or other ...
In the United States, cannabis is legal in 38 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [ 1]