April 20th is International Cannabis Day. We explain the origin of the unofficial stoner festival.
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There are many secret codes . Just think of the 23, who has to serve regularly for conspiracy theorists . The fact that there are also secret codes for drugs is somehow close. Under Kiffer the 4/20 is attributed a special meaning. At 4.20 am or April 20 - 4/20, as the date in the US writes - the joints are lit worldwide and you drone in sync. But where does this code come from ?
California stoners made the '4/20' popular
According to a BBC report, the code dates from 1971 . At that time, a group of Californian teenagers spunked so much that the kids in the haze somehow got the idea that there was a huge cannabis plantation in the California countryside . To find them, the students met each day at 16:20 - 4:20 - after school and off we went. Wanted, of course, with a joint in the mouth, was found - as a matter of course - nothing.
The term '4/20', the code for the time, spread from then on more and more in the stoner community . What has remained of the stoned treasure hunt is the importance of 4/20, which has since become internationally related to cannabis use . So much so that finally the New York magazine "High Times" wrote about the code. If you know the movie ' Pulp Fiction ', you may also have noticed that Quentin Tarantino has turned off all emerging clocks at 4:20 . The director does not seem to be completely averse to Gras.
Last year, over 100 countries smoked for the unofficial Kiffertag. This year, it even takes place in 126 countries . He should be in full swing in London's Hyde Park. Well then ... We wish you a festive party.
