Does 4/20 Still Matter? Zoe Wilder
In Mexico, native healers known as the curanderos used cannabis, or
pipiltzintzintli, in their practice to treat a variety of conditions. The shamans believed there was a correlation between medicinal plants and divine spirits, a notion that didn’t sit well with the Spanish church. “Towards the end of the 17th Century, the Catholic Church caught wind of this and banned cannabis, spreading rumors that people who used it were in communion with the devil and would go crazy,” says Steve DeAngelo, one of the world’s leading cannabis activists and founder of California’s Harborside Health Center.
Why is it called 4/20? Weed smokers participate in annual event without knowing its origins
Check out everything you need to know about the annual marijuana holiday
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Every April 20, weed smokers all over the country “observe” a sort of underground holiday of sorts, where marijuana is consumed on or around 4:20 pm and depending on the circumstances, for an entire day.
As far back as pot smokers can remember, this “Weed Day” has been celebrated, but few can accurately recall its origins.
Some credit the seminal ’60s rock band
The Grateful Dead. Supposedly some Dead fans coined the term “420-ing” when determining the best time and location to use the illegal drug, according to