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Apr 18, 2023 · San Rafael High School: The Birthplace of 420. It all started back in 1971, in the small town (now mid-sized city) of San Rafael, across the bay from San Francisco. That year, there was a group of friends who attended San Rafael High School who referred to themselves as The Waldos, in reference to the fact that they hung out together by a ...
Apr 19, 2018 · Meet the Guys Who Invented It. You might call April 20 a Bay Area holiday. Every year on 4/20, at 4:20 p.m., thousands of marijuana users honor the drug, 420, with a celebratory smoke. Bay Curious is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, NPR One or your favorite podcast platform.
Apr 19, 2022 · Well, they’re all part of the origin story of how 420 methodically worked its way from a secret code to mainstream weed lingo. In 1971, five San Rafael High School students were tired of Friday ...
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Apr 19, 2024 · 420 origins traced to San Rafael's 'Waldos'. All five members of the Waldos as adults. (Waldos, LLC) OAKLAND, Calif. - Marijuana culture's high holiday, 420, falls on Saturday this year, an ...
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Apr 19, 2024 · FILE – The Waldos, from left, Mark Gravitch, Larry Schwartz, Dave Reddix, Jeffrey Noel and Steve Capper sit on a wall they used to frequent at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, Calif., April ...
Apr 20, 2020 · The year was 1971. They called themselves The Waldos, because they liked to hang out by a particular wall outside San Rafael High School, where another common meeting place was a nine-foot statue of Louis Pasteur which still stands there today. “420 Louie” was their signal to each other to meet at the statue at 4:20 to toke and go on a “safari.”
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 October 2024. Number referring to cannabis 420 originally "4:20 Louis" Statue of Louis Pasteur at San Rafael High School, by Benny Bufano (1940), site of the earliest 4:20 gatherings in 1971 Observed by Cannabis counterculture, legal reformers, entheogenic spiritualists, and general users of cannabis ...