Posted on 04/20/2007 5:51:56 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
420 is a symbol that connects marijuana smokers from all over the world to the cannabis culture. You may have seen it, read about it or heard it referred to by someone you know. Most commonly, it marks a time of day ( 4:20 ) or a date ( 4/20 ). On the date, April 20th, hundreds of thousands of Canadians will join millions of people around the world to gather, in private and in public, to celebrate the annual cannabis holiday.
Of course, it is not an official holiday, yet.
There are probably as many explanations of why April 20th has become so significant to the cannabis culture as there are people who observe the day. But, one thing seems to be common among them all and that is a desire for freedom. From the brashest activist to the closet toker, every marijuana user is acutely aware that they do not have it and that their involvement with marijuana might result in the loss of liberty.
Yet, we continue to do it. And, on April 20th, many will gather in public. These gatherings occur in parks and public areas across the country. In many respects, they are expressions of defiance. Defiance of the arbitrary laws that prohibit a plant that so many Canadians use for medical, spiritual and recreational purposes.
On April 20th, I will take my place among the hundreds of thousands of Canadians, who like me believe in freedom and the right of an individual to control their own bodies and minds. I will venture to the customary local gathering place, there is one in every city and town across this country, and celebrate the cannabis culture. I will smoke a joint with friends and pray that this is the year we gain our freedom.
Hope to see you there.
The war on drugs is a monumental failure. Marijuana needs to be legalized. Too many people’s lives have been ruined, too many taxpayer dollars have been spent, over a relatively (compared to alchohol & cigarettes) harmless soft drug.
Overcrowding in jails and law enforcement time spent on people that are not hurting anyone - there are too many other “really bad people” out there to worry about.
That’s my opinion, flame if you must.
Where should I send the munchies?? ;op
Hey, I’m with you. I just posted this as a public service announcement for folks that may not be aware of the significance of 420. Might want to pay extra attention to what your kids are up to and who’s out there driving around at 4:30 with a good buzz on...
Actually, I had forgotten about the significance of this date - thanks for reminding me! ;)
Hippies smell!!!!!
We're careful every day.
We draw the screens and mask the smell with incense and Ozium.
Oh wait...that's not what you meant, was it?
“Hippies . . . hippies everywhere . . . they say they want to save the world, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad . . .”
-Eric Cartman
I think hippies really just want to be left alone to live their lives as they choose. Most of them are not violent people at all - maybe a little ditzy sometimes - but I know some real hippies and for the most part, they are very loving, peaceful people. They enjoy working the earth and minding their own business.
A couple of them do stink, though - so I see your point.
Yep. Some of them that I know think of Republicans as “Nazis” or “Fascists”, but that’s just because they live so far out in the country - they don’t get cable tv & are forced to watch NBCABCCBS/The View to get their news.
Other hippies I know are good old boys that hunt, farm and have very conservative values - they are staunch Conservatives with a capital “C”.
Good to hear I'm not alone :-)
I’m with you - have a good one!
People say I’m no good
I’m crazy as a loon
‘cause I get stoned in the morning,
I get drunk in the afternoon.
Kinda like my old blue tick hound
I like to lay around in the shade.
And I ain’t got no money
but I damn sure got it made.
‘Cause I ain’t askin’ nobody for nothin’
if I can’t get it on my own.
If you don’t like the way I’m livin’
You just leave this long haired country boy alone.
So that’s what my son’s friend was talking about.
Apparently the gathering place in Ottawa is Parliament Hill.
The shipping address is.......I’ll FReepmail it.
;-D
Please send me a FReepmail to get on or off this Canada ping list.
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April 20 is the world recognized international day of celebration for Planet Earth’s 170,000,000 humans in the cannabis culture. 4:20 began as a moment, then a whole day, of celebration when California high school students met after school in the late 60’s and early 70’s at 4:20 p.m. in the afternoon.
Classes ended at 4:00 p.m. so after a reasonable time to get one’s sh*t together, it was agreed to meet at “4:20” in the p.m. after school to get high. It passed from those high school students into the 70’s Grateful Dead culture where it spread all across the United States.
By the early 1990’s, 4:20 p.m was the toke of the day, the cannabis siesta. In the late 1990’s, spontaneous groups of 10’s, dozens, and hundreds people in cities around the world began a tradition. Over 35 alternative stories, legends, rumours about the origins of 4:20 are known to circulate, including in the mainstream media, but the simple explanation is the correct history.
Vancouver saw its first celebration on April 20 in 1997, when 50 people met at the downtown Art Gallery to smoke cannabis together at 4.20 p.m.
Today, if the weather is fine, over 7,000 people are expected to be jammed into the main city square at Georgia Street between Howe St. and Hornby St., beginning in the early afternoon and climaxing with a massive simulateneous smoke-out at 4.20 p.m today!
What’s going on in the cannabis culture today near you?
Here is the Cannabis Culture 411 for 420…
Ganja Get Together’s will be proudly protesting the unjust prohibition of cannabis by proudly promoting and puffing in cities across Canada, the United States and the World.
The 420 Smoke Outs, are a series of cannabis rallies that will demonstrate, as they do every year, the impracticability of enforcing the current marijuana laws.
April 20th is the grandest ganja day of them all, with enthusiasts from around the world celebrating what is known as Four Twenty (420).
With an international reputation, as the best day for holding marijuana demonstrations, drugpeace activists invite all herb enthusiasts to join them in solidarity.
Everyone is invited to publicly show their love of the weed and experience a taste of freedom on Friday, April 20th 2007, by doobie demonstrating with activists in your area.
Many well-known tourist’s traps have been targeted for toking in North America, from Toronto’s Yonge and Dundas Square, to Denver’s Civic Center Park, to the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, all the way to Vancouver’s Art Gallery and many more.
Two weeks before the world celebrates the Global Marijuana March on May 5th, the Cannabis Events on April 20th 2007 will be legendary for years to come.
If you have any pot Pictures, Video or Stories from any of the 420 celebrations below, please forward them to us at cannabisculture.com or POT.TV. Photos can be emailed to: jodie@cannabisculture.com
Dates are TODAY, April 20 unless otherwise noted
In Canada
Vancouver - British Columbia
Art Gallery
Downtown Vancouver
Celebration starts at 1 p.m., goes to 6.00 p.m.
Prizes for Best Pot Plants and Pot Posters at 4:20
A HIGHER STATE - A 420 CELEBRATION
April 20, 2007 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Anza Club 3 West 8th VANCOUVER
$15 Advance, $20 at the door
Calgary - Alberta
Calgary Meet & Greet
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Calgary City Hall -
800 Macleod Trail SE
Regina - Saskatchewan
2:00pm-4:20pm
Victoria Park (Downtown Regina)
Free Herbal Aire Vaporizer for best sign,
with lots more prizes for other signs
Toronto - Ontario
Out Yourself Smoke Out presented by the Hash Mob
Yonge & Dundas Square
Gather Near Q107
Protest starts at 2 p.m.
Cannabis Cannon Goes Off at 4:20
Cannabis Awareness Forum
Delta Chelsea Hotel
Mountbatten Salon A
33 Gerrard St. West
Toronto, Ontario
Time: 1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Toronto Hemp Company
665 Yonge Street, Toronto
GRAND OPENING NO TAX SALE
Ottawa - Ontario
Ottawa Major’s Hill Park
2:00pm – 5:00pm
and
Parliament Hill, Ottawa
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Hamilton - Ontario
Hamilton Ferguson Station
2:00 p.m. Smoke Out
March on City Hall 3:15pm
Prizes at 4:20pm
Niagara Falls - Ontario
Niagara Falls Hwy 420 & Victoria Ave. Parkette 2 p.m.
Smoke Out then March on Clifton Hill 3:15 p.m.
Saturday, April 21st 2007
United States of America
Denver-Colorado
Smokeout - State Capital in Denver.
Location: Civic Center Park, (intersection of Colfax and Broadway)
The official “Smoke Out” is to occur at 4:20 in the afternoon,
but there will be tons of people hanging out and smoking in the park all day long.
RIP to Ken Gorman, the original organizer of the 4/20 smoke out event in Denver.
Boulder’s Central Park -
Corner Broadway & Canyon
Boulder, CO
Starting at Highnoon we will jam all day to peak at 4:20
Long Island, New York
420 Party at Creek and the Cave
Location: Long Island City, NY
Event Site: www.thecreekandthecave.com
The party starts @ 4:20. We’ll have a stoney sing-a-long out on the patio. 60’s/70’s classic bands with a live guitar player, 2 reggae bands @ 8pm, Stand up comedy @ 10pm, trippy movies for eye candy throughout the space as well as some sideshow performers doing their thing at various times and places... Of course, drink specials.
San Diego, California
seedlSs Clothing 7th Annual 4/20 Party
Location: San Diego, CA
Event Site: www.seedlessclothing.com
SeeDlEss Clothing lines Annual Party Hosted by Rez and Ras Mike with live performance by Reggae Megastar Barrington Levy and HUGE Surprise Guest..... C-ya there .... Think Green!!!!
Sherman Oaks, California
Faded Smoke Shop’s 1 Year Anniversary & 4/20 Extraveganza
Location: Sherman Oaks, CA
Huge 4/20 4:20 Raffle
4:20 Refreshments and much more
14517 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Oakland, California
Solano Patients’ Group
Location: Oakland, CA
Pepper Belly’s for Totally Baked the movie
4:20pm-6:20pm
Oakland: Oaksterdam 420 Party!
A Benefit Cannabis Action Network
Lakeside Park Garden Center Vista Room
5:00pm-10:00pm
Fairfield, California
SHOULD THE WEED BE FREED?
Solano Patients’ Group
Location: Fairfield, CA 94533
1500 Oliver Road, Ste-K, #248
Fresno, California
Fresno: 4/20 Fest
4/20 Fest in Fresno, CA
CSUF NORML is hosting a 4/20 Informational
Rally/Concert at the Free Speech Area on the
campus of California State University, Fresno.
4:30pm - 11pm.
San Franciso, California
Haight and Ashbury
Let’s put together the worlds largest 420 celebration ever.
http://www.420sanfrancisco.com
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Zimma’s CD Release Party!
Location: Pawtucket, RI
Friday Night, 4:20! (April 20th, 2007) @ KC’s TAP in Pawtucket, RI. 9pm-1am.
Recording Artist ‘Zimma’ is releasing his debut CD ‘MyFriendz’
Zimma & Friendz will perform live, along with Acidity and Almost Relative.
Zimma is a registered member of NORML, and a loyal HIGH TIMES citizen.
He attends the Boston Freedom Fest every year, and lends his time and talents to further the decriminalization/legalization efforts of so many logical Americans.
Dallas, Texas
The Green Reefer
Event Site: www.thegreenreefer.com
Location: Green Elephant - Dallas, TX
Event Time: 9PM
NORML 4/20 event party. The Green Reefer will have a vendor booth and enjoy music and drinks with the counterculture.
Sioux Falls, SD
OFFICIAL 4/20 PARTY in Sioux Falls
Event Site: www.myspace.com/thequakercitynighthawks
Event Time: 9PM
The Lava Lounge.
Our good buds the Quaker City Night Hawks are opening the show.
$5 at the door.
Brooklyn, New York
Liberty Heights Tap Room
Event Site: www.libertyheightstaproom.com
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Event Time: 9PM
Liberty Heights Tap Room
34 Van Dyke St. (corner Dwight St.), Brooklyn, New York 11231
FREE SHOW!! Fryday 4/20 - a hydroponic ritual with Mighty High,
The Saloonatics and The Betty Ford All Stars. Mayhem starts at 9!
Venue Info - www.libertyheightstaproom.com or 718/246-8050.
Las Vegas, NV
Nevada NORML Presents Vegas 420 Music Fest
Event Site: http://nevadanorml.org/index2.htm
The IceHouse
Hosted by Puck of MTV’s the Real World
4/20 & 21st @ the Ice House
Gates Open at 9am, First band plays at 10am, Last band goes on at Midnight Friday and 8pm Saturday
myspace.com/nevadanorml
Springfield, Missouri
Remmington’s Downtown
Doors at 7 p.m., Show at 8 p.m.
Jah Roots, with the help of Springfield NORML, is putting on their first annual 4/20 show!
Jamroom, Anchondo, 77 Jefferson, Part One Tribe, Woodbelly, and, of course, Jah Roots will perform, while NORML puts on raffles and joint-rolling contests.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Liberty Bell @ Independence Mall
Location: 501 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia , PA 19106
2 Day march, peace vigil and smoke-in -
http://medmarijuana.meetup.com/128/calendar/5600395/
Churchill’s 420 Festival
5501 NE 2nd Ave
Miami, Florida
Music and Smoke
Hollywood, California
Craig X’s Temple 420 Cannabis Comedy Show
HaHa Cafe Comedy Club
5150 Lankershim in No. Hollywood.
9:00pm
To be completely honest, I haven't partaken myself in a couple of years---I prefer alcohol as my drug of choice (even though it is far worse for me).
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