The History of 420: How April 20th became the day of Marijuana
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By
Jonathon
The History of 420
The origin of this highly popular day has a big variety of different versions, depending on the person you ask and how far into the celebration they are at the moment.
The significance of April 20th for pot smokers across the world is an interesting topic, but to know the true origin, we need to go back and do some research.
It all starts with the popular band “The Grateful Dead” now only known as “The Dead”, back in 1990, around Christmas time, publisher Steve Bloom was walking across the lot (where fans gathered before every Grateful Dead concert) when someone gave him a flyer with the following information:
"We are going to meet at 4:20 on 4/20 for 420-ing in Marin County at the Bolinas Ridge sunset spot on Mt. Tamalpais”.
Bloom did not have...