What makes 420 significant

The legend of the Dylan song. Multiply 12 by 35 and you get Seems a bit of a stretch. And Dylan himself has never confirmed any link. The story that appears to hold the most water is The legend of the Waldos. According to Chris Conrad, curator of the Oaksterdam Cannabis Museum in Oakland, California, started as a secret code among high schoolers in the early s.

Their meeting time? The Waldos would pile into a car, smoke some pot and scour the nearby Point Reyes Forest for the elusive, free herb. It originally started out Louis, and we eventually dropped the Louis.

They never did score the free bud, but perhaps they stumbled on to something more lasting? The term was coined, allowing the high schoolers to discuss smoking pot without their parents or teachers knowing. Credit: Sapphic. They watched their dogs, were welcomed into their parties and Reddix even got a gig as a roadie for the band.

The band picked up on the "" habit and, soon after, so did the "Deadheads," well known for their particular interest in smoking weed before, during and after shows. Nearly 20 years later, the phrase would get national attention after High Times magazine published a flyer that explained the "code. More: 16th NJ medical marijuana dispensary now open in Neptune.

This is when you must get the day off work or school," it continues. The Waldos' website has multiple examples of how the number was an inside joke among their friends and at San Rafael High School.

There are postmarked letters — to each other, to friends and to members of the Grateful Dead — that make reference to the code. There's a tie-dye flag with "" made in their art class. There's a school newspaper, with a student simply stating "" when asked what he'd say in front of his class. And in , the Waldos tracked down retired U. He confirmed drawing up the "treasure map" that sparked the legend.

Facebook Twitter Email. What does mean? In places where it is illegal to sell it, it is often given away on that day. Some believe that the number refers to the anniversary of the deaths of Bob Marley or Jimi Hendrix. It does not. Neither died on April