The consumption of cannabis, is popular these days, such as it has been 40 years ago. It is a trend it seems, in youth and adults. Now, you can even go to websites, such as Girls Gone Weed, (a site where women post pictures of themselves smoking pot), and promote it.
This subject is relevant this weekend though particularly because of 4:20 (Sunday, April 20th). A special day of the year for pot smokers everywhere. April 20th, is know as “national weed day,” when many people of all ages gather in a public area, (in Vancouver’s case, the downtown Art Gallery,) and smoke a lot of marijuana, while counting down to 4:20 pm. On this day, because of the vast amount of people gathered at the art gallery, police officers find it hard make arrests, and in most cases, won’t bother.
So what are the origins of 4:20? There are many theory’s, but the most common seems to be from 1971, when a group of teenagers from San Rafael High School in California would gather after school at 4:20 pm everyday to smoke marijuana. It caught on after that, and people in North America today still gather at 4:20pm everyday to do so.
It’s a stupid excuse for a festivity, but remains very popular. I can guarantee, if you walk or drive by the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday, you’ll see plenty of people, and a giant cloud of smoke overhead.
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i went downtown today to check out the scene and snap some photos and it was so weird to just see lines of cops standing there as a few feet away, several people began to light up. there was simply nothing they could do about it
and while the mass mentality of participants is probably one of community celebration, it’s still a huge slap in the face to the police and the law. people complain about our police force’s downfalls and shortcomings, but events like this are not going to help… just another point of view that i realized today.