When I first heard about 420, I couldn’t understand why it was so important.
No one I knew had any idea what the numbers 420 stood for. I heard some people say that at 4:20 marijuana smokers will light up as a sign of solidarity with other marijuana users. I have also heard that some people think 420 is the police code for marijuana use. I tried looking up 420 on the internet, but that didn’t really tell me anything, either. I’m not all that good when it comes to internet searching, but you would think I would have learned something. Then, a friend of mine told me that 420 was a buzzword that tells other smokers they are marijuana users. When I found this out, I started looking deeper into the 420 ‘celebration’ that I was hearing about. If 420 was just a gentle way of discerning whether you were a user, then why was there a 420 celebration. I had just moved to an area where I found out they actively celebrate 420, every year. I wanted to know if I went to the celebration, would I be made to use marijuana, or could I just get to know some people. I hadn’t used marijuana for almost ten years now, but that didn’t mean I was against the use. With states now allowing marijuana to be legal for medical and many of them now legalizing marijuana for recreational, I want to be prepared. It may be fun to go to a 420 celebration. I may meet up with some people I hadn’t seen in years.