The Great American Pot Smoke-Out

The Great American Pot Smoke-Out
Mark Leffingwell / Daily Camera / AP

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According to Steven Hager of New York City-based High Times magazine, the term 4/20 originated in Northern California with a group of San Rafael high school friends who gathered to smoke grass every day at 4:20 p.m.

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