I was told 420 is police code for "marijuana smoking in progress", however upon further research there is a Time article written on the subject and that says differently
"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."
Now granted this could be fake news, since it comes from Time magazine, but I'd be interested to know what other people think about the true origin of 420...
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