Yeah Like, But Dude, Where Does "420" Come From? I Mean, Like, What's Its Derivation, Man? The Word, Man, the Word, or, I Mean, Like, the Numbers, Man
A lot more obscure than the "seven-fourteen" slang for Quaalude, "420," as a code for Mary Jane, is exhaustively mined by Ryan Grim of the HuffPo. (And God help me, I'm linking to the HuffPo).
HT: KPB, my (what else) college roommate.
Photo of growing marijuana plant from the Department of Justice.
