420

That's a misdemeanor.

Stop messing around or I'll yank your badge.

Are you high right now?
 
Hey, this thread is so original! I mean, who would have thought of this?
 
Happy 420 everyone! It's April 20 and that means it's the annual stoner holiday. But do you know where the 420 thing started? Hint: It's not the police code for smoking pot in progress, which is a bit of an urban legend about the 420 origins.

According to a 1998 article in High Times, the term "420" was coined by a group of teenagers in San Rafael, CA in 1971. They would meet up to search for an abandoned cannabis crop and their meeting code was 4:20 Louis, which means meet at 4:20 p.m. at the Louis Pasteur statue outside their school. It just snowballed from there.
 
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