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The story I was told when I managed the dodgy but interesting campus radio
station here at Brock, is that "420" was the LAPD "code" for posession. It was
(so I was informed) coopted by the potheads--nothing like appropriation of
official language to subvert authority, I figure.
One of our programs "The Bong Brothers" (no kidding) would, at 4:20, drop the
volume of the music, announce cryptically: "420", and then turn the particular
Grateful Dead or Phish tune they were playing back up.
As I was the manager and not a pot smoker, they were disappointed that I didn't
let them proceed to light up.
Dan Malleck
Quoting David Fahey <[log in to unmask]>:
> My undergraduate students say 420 is marijuana slang, originating in
> California, that originally announced that a group would smoke a joint at
> 4:20. Anybody with clearer information?
>
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