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The Meaning and Strange History of 420

The Meaning and Strange History of 420

Now largely considered the official holiday for marijuana users, 4/20 started its life as the slang of a small group of high school friends before becoming the accepted code for marijuana.
With a mythology that includes the inaccurate number of active chemicals in marijuana, Hitler’s birthday, a fictional police code for marijuana use, and the music of Bob Dylan, “420” has had a storied, if not entirely true, history.

Why is Marijuana Illegal? A Look at the History of MJ in America

Why is Marijuana Illegal? A Look at the History of MJ in America

Cannabis was at one point freely cultivated and used in the U.S. What happened? Here we take a look at the history of marijuana law in America.
After decades of cannabis prohibition in the United States, it may be hard to imagine that for the majority of the nation’s history, cannabis was widely accepted and used for medicinal purposes.