How many people know what 420 means?

Just about everyone I know understands what is going on when "420" is mentioned. But in general, do you think your average person knows what it means? :shrug:

I have no clue...sorry :shrug:

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My excuse? Too stoned!

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:smoke:

I don't think it's that high of a percentage of people who know what it is who are not in that subculture and even still, I think it may be (and I am not sure) a more current slang word.

I asked my friend's mom, who use to smoke the ganja, what time it was and she said 4:20 (it really was) so I said 'Good number' and it went right over her head.

That's the million dollar question that always seems to have many different answers. How did 420 come to be associated with pot?

http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/marijuana/a/420meaning.htm

and another


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)

I guess it's possible.

i heard it was coined by a group of high school kids in the 70s who used to meet everyday at 4:20pm

And that's in BigWill's link up above. I guess it's possible but I find it hard to believe that one group of high school stoner's code word spread that far. But oh well, what do I know? When you think about it, where do slang words originate? One person, and then one group, until they gradually become accepted by society at large.

because I was pretty into the stoner thing back in the day, but I not only didn't know what 420 was but had to find out from my teenagers:rofl:

I think it's what time you get home from school and thus can partake. Are there other versions?

to plant. Coined by California marijuana growers.

Myth: The school is often cited as the origin of the time and codeword 420 in drug culture; originally "420" served as a code word by a group of marijuana users to meet in front of a statue at 4:20 P. M. to consume marijuana in 1971.

Fact: San Rafael borrowed the term from rival Tamalpais High School students. Tam High's clock tower clock broke in 1966 and stopped at 4:20. Dopers at Tam never recognized the clock was broken, but soon realized that every time they smoked pot, it was exactly 4:20.

I can see that happening - starting as an inside joke with a few high school stoners and flowing out to the universe.

but the famous landmark three-sided clock was busted most of the time I attended the school in the sixties.

I'm happy to report that proper repairs were made in the seventies and it has been a dependable clock ever since.

and I even knew the origin a while ago, but damn now I can't remember :smoke:

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on yoopie!

:silly:

:evilgrin:

so what are you sayin'?

:evilgrin:

:smoke:

:rofl:

how did you know that...man are you agent mike?

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:D

I forgot what I was going to say.

Never mind.

:rofl:

you seem familiar to me, and that duck, I know I've partied with him or her...


:D

:hi:

U of S Research Suggests Marijuana Analogue Stimulates Brain Cell Growth

Oct 13, 2005

A synthetic substance similar to ones found in marijuana stimulates cell growth in regions of the brain associated with anxiety and depression, pointing the way for new treatments for these diseases, according to University of Saskatchewan medical research published today in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Xia Zhang, an associate professor in the U of S neuropsychiatry research unit, led the team that tested the effects of HU-210, a potent synthetic cannabinoid similar to a group of compounds found in marijuana. The synthetic version is about 100 times as powerful as THC, the compound responsible for the high experienced by recreational users.

The team found that rats treated with HU-210 on a regular basis showed neurogenesis – the growth of new brain cells in the hippocampus. This region of the brain is associated with learning and memory, as well as anxiety and depression.

The effect is the opposite of most legal and illicit drugs such as alcohol, nicotine, heroin, and cocaine.

“Most ‘drugs of abuse’ suppress neurogenesis,” Zhang says. “Only marijuana promotes neurogenesis.”

http://www.usask.ca/research/news/read.php?id=49

lighten up d00d

we are just kidding around here man

:eyes:

:P

and to some, it means spark one up.

:D

:sarcasm:

I really shouldn't be listening to Year Zero while on DU.

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who knew

Even Dopey got the word.



I found out because the term came out just about the time I needed to watch out for my daughter getting involved with it.

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dopey says sure d00d :rofl:

I vaguely remember this topic coming up on DU a year or two ago, and that's when I initially learned what it meant, but I had since forgotten.

:shrug: Damn that presenile dementia . . . :banghead:

So is it common knowledge to most everyone but me?

I think i do

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what were we talking about?


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You mean "man," like, "hey man"? Or like "man"? Cause I'm, like, a chick. Or actually I AM a chick, albeit an old hippie chick.

This was difficult to punctuate. Did I make myself perfectly clear? :shrug: If not, I can try again. I was born to edit. :rofl:

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man like hey man, as in like, how stonered am i now,

hey man, do you get that?

now 'splain it to me... cause i forgot :silly:


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returned from vacation with a "High-Way 420" ball cap. He wore it to work. I asked him what the hell he was thinking. He didn't know what it meant, at least he had an extra cap in his car. He used to partake and hasn't since his heart attack so I know he wasn't lying about knowing what it means.

Why, does it have some other significance?

I found out about it about 5 years ago.

is that the date of the next Lebowski Festival??
:shrug:

Down with the monarchy! :bounce:
Also Woody Guthrie's birthday. :D

Both of those killed fascists. :patriot:

I had to you understand.........

It totally got in the way of my drinking :beer:

But since I'm a recent college grad, most of my pals know and cherish it well :smoke:

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:rofl:

::shakes fist in anger::

Haven't smoked in WEEKS...don't know WHEN I will next...AND I have some dank ass shit chillin' in my freezer just waiting to be popped in my pipe.

GRR!!!!! :grr:

:hide: :P

I'll hit the pipe a few times in your honor. :rofl:

for it to be 4:20 somewhere it would have to be 20 minutes after the hour where you live right? cause every timezone is only different in the hours, not minutes right? :P :shrug:


edit: i totally hear that all the time is why i posted this lol

So you'd have to have a compass on your other wrist, or wait until nighttine when you could look at the north star so you could see the time. Only then your sundial wouldn't work.

Ask the Newfies.

But 420 is like a state of mind, y'know?.

it's always 420 at my house :P

most people my age (under 30) probably know what it means regardless if they partake in it or not