Where did the saying '420' come from?

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In 1971 a group of San Rafael High School students used to gather around 4:20pm to smoke pot, so "420" became the slang for signifying the time to light up. It later evolved into a term for potheads or just for the drug itself.

Coincidentally, it was Hitler's birthday. But it is an urban legend that there is any connection.

There are also rumors that 420 was a police code for a marijuana violation, but this is unproven.

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In Europe we say the day of the month first, hence Hitler's birthday would be 20/4 so definitely no correlation.

Incidentally as 9/11 happened in the US we do say 9/11.

London's bomb attack was 7/7 but this is the first time that a British atrocity/accident has been known by its date.

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