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California Senate Bill 420 (colloquially known as the Medical Marijuana Program Act[1]) was a bill introduced by John Vasconcellos of the California State Senate, and subsequently
passed by the California State Legislature and signed by Governor Gray Davis in 2003 "pursuant to the powers reserved to
the State of California and its people under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution."[2] It clarified the scope and application of California Proposition 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act of 1996,
and established the California medical marijuanaprogram. The bill's title is notable because "420" is a common
phrase used in cannabis culture. (Wikipedia)
420 (cannabis culture)
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420, 4:20, or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is primarily a term used
in North America and refers to the consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to
identify oneself with cannabis subculture.
Observances based on the number include the time (4:20 pm) as well as the date (April 20).[1]
Origins
The earliest use of the term began among a
group of teenagers in San Rafael, California in 1971.[2][3] Calling themselves the
Waldos,[4] because "their chosen
hang-out spot was a wall outside the school,"[5] the group first used the
term in connection to a fall 1971 plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop
that they had learned about.[4][6] The Waldos designated the Louis Pasteur statue on the grounds of San Rafael High School as their meeting place, and
4:20 pm as their meeting time.[5] The Waldos referred to this
plan with the phrase "4:20 Louis". Multiple failed attempts to find
the crop eventually shortened their phrase to simply "4:20", which
ultimately evolved into a codeword that the teens used to mean pot-smoking in
general.[6]
High Times editor Steven Hager wrote "Are You Stoner
Smart or Stoner Stupid?" in which he called for 4:20 pm to be the socially accepted
hour of the day to consume cannabis.[7] He attributes the early
spread of the phrase to Grateful Dead followers,
who were also linked to the city of San Rafael.[7]
April 20 observances
April 20 has evolved into a counterculture holiday in North America,
where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis.[1] Some events have a
political nature to them, advocating for the decriminalization of
non-medical cannabis in the United States.
Observances have been held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park near the Haight-Ashbury district,[8] the University of Colorado's Boulder campus,[3][9][10] Ottawa, Ontario, at Parliament Hill and Major's Hill[11][12] Montréal, Québec at Mount Royal monument[13][14] Vancouver, British Columbia
at the Vancouver Art Gallery [15] Auckland, New
Zealand at the Daktory.[16][unreliable source?] and Dunedin, New
Zealand, at University
of Otago.[17][18][19][20][21][22]
And some YouTube video humor; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdPjocfSoII
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