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New Zealand: 4/20 - what does it mean? By Dan Satherley 3News Tuesday 19 Apr 2011 No, it's not the latest Black Caps' batting score – it's April 20, a day when pot smokers worldwide celebrate the wacky baccy known to the rest of us as marijuana or cannabis. The term dates from the early 1970s, when a group of students in California (where else?) would meet at a local statue of scientist Louis Pasteur at 4:20pm each day to hunt down an abandoned marijuana crop. It took them a while to find it, and over time "4:20 Louis" was shortened to just "4:20", which then became a general term – and time of day – for lighting up. Because it wasn't until the late '90s this information was publicly known (uncovered by magazine High Times), several other theories emerged. The most popular was that 420 was the penal code for smoking pot in California. In fact, it refers to obstructing entry on public land. Nor is it the police radio code for marijuana use, the number of chemicals in the drug or the date Janis Joplin died. Though in 2004 California passed a law related to medicinal marijuana use with the number 420 in the title, as a reference to the legend. In New Zealand, because we do our dates the correct way around, 4:20 isn't as popular as May's J-Day, which is perhaps the only day where you can light up a bucket bong at Parliament and get away with it. It's also probably not a good idea to smoke up during a bomb scare though - even if it is 4/20. http://www.3news.co.nz/420---what-does-it-mean/tabid/423/articleID/207815/Default.aspx
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