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  • In wake of coronavirus, cannabis firms look for packaging outside China

    In wake of coronavirus, cannabis firms look for packaging outside China

    With factories in China shut down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, some marijuana companies have turned to manufacturers in the United States, India, and Mexico to source packaging for their products.

    For example, Cleveland-based Grove Bags has seen such a big spike in its business since the coronavirus outbreak that it’s had to turn business away.

    KushCo Holdings, which provides ancillary products and services to the state-legal cannabis and CBD industry, is exploring packaging options in the United States, Taiwan, and India.

    KushCo had started looking beyond China for packaging when President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese goods, said Arun Kurichety, the executive vice president and general counsel of the Cypress, California-based company.

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    “As a prudent company, we look every day at other opportunities to source goods,” Kurichety said.

    “Already, some of our focus has shifted from Chinese manufacturers to other countries. Our concentration in terms of products from China has decreased.”

    Another example is Wick & Mortar, a Seattle-based branding agency that offers services such as packaging design and production. It ordered a six-month supply of packaging from China for its client Navona, a grower that sells packaged flowers and pre-rolls, company CEO Jared Mirsky said.

    But with the spread of coronavirus, it’s started looking elsewhere for packaging.

    “This entire debacle has forced us to start leveraging relationships in Mexico and India,” Mirsky said. “Once they get back to work (in China), they’re probably going to be backed up quite a bit.”

    It’s not so much that the virus can live on the surface of plastics, glass, or metals, but rather that the factories where packaging is made have shut down to prevent its spread.

    Turning business away

    Grove Bags is running three shifts a day seven days a week to try to keep up with demand resulting from the lack of packaging available from China, said Jack Grover, CEO of the Ohio company.

    “We are over capacity and are turning business away, which is obviously something you never want to do,” Grover said.

    “It’s been extremely difficult. We keep a good inventory of materials on hand in the U.S. but have had to tell customers we may face supply constraints.”

    Grover, who spoke to Marijuana Business Daily on March 4 while attending Pack Expo East in Philadelphia, said there are many packaging businesses in east Asia and Italy, where the coronavirus hit the hardest, and that representatives from those companies did not attend the conference.

    Current situation in China

    Manufacturing facilities in eastern China have shut down, but several in western China have been allowed to reopen with proper certification.

    Still, those operations are working with about half the employees they typically have.

    Some cannabis companies are feeling the impact of the coronavirus, while others stocked up on packaging in anticipation of the Chinese New Year Jan. 25-Feb. 8, during which many factories shut down to celebrate.

    Those companies might have ample supply for now, but uncertainty over how long the coronavirus will continue to spread has many packaging companies tapping solutions in other markets such as the United States, India, and Mexico.

    “We anticipate disruption every year and preorder anticipating there will be a slowdown for a month,” KushCo’s Kurichety said.

    “Naturally, there have been disruptions in the supply chain because of the coronavirus outbreak, but we’re fortunate to have prepared in advance, have sufficient inventory in stock beforehand, and have strong relationships with our suppliers to minimize the overall disruption.

    “Unfortunately, some smaller and less-resourced companies haven’t been able to say the same.”

    And while it’s unclear whether a person can contract coronavirus by touching a surface that has the virus on it, a recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection suggests the disease can survive on objects for more than a week.

    That’s why it’s important for marijuana businesses sourcing goods from China and Italy to understand the practices of the manufacturers they’re buying from, said Andrew Kline, director of public policy for the Washington DC-based National Cannabis Industry Association.

    “If I were a distributor buying a product from China, I would want to know a lot about the manufacturing practices of that manufacturing facility,” Kline said.

    “Are they wearing masks? Are people sneezing on the things they’re putting together? Are they testing employees for the virus? What actions are they taking? It’s a real issue that’s not just going to affect cannabis.”

    Margaret Jackson can be reached at margaretj@mjbizdaily.com

  • Marijuana retailers near Illinois borders benefit from out-of-state customers 420.

    Marijuana retailers near Illinois borders benefit from out-of-state customers 420.

    Marijuana retailers near Illinois borders benefit from out-of-state customers 420.

    Cannabis retailers in Illinois border towns are seeing strong sales to customers from neighboring states but are spending time and money training their employees to warn people that it is unlawful to transport marijuana across state lines.

    Illinois had a strong kickoff to its adult-use cannabis market, with recreational marijuana stores selling nearly $40 million worth of products during the first month of sales.

    While adult-use marijuana shops in Illinois declined to report the exact percentage of customers who came from other states, they did describe the number as “many.”

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    Out-of-state customers who are 21 years old and have a valid driver’s license can purchase cannabis in Illinois, which offers expanded sales opportunities to marijuana shops that are near the state’s borders in particular. But it is illegal to cross state lines with cannabis.

    Marijuana retailers near the Illinois border are taking the time to train employees so they can let customers know the law, whether it’s through conversations, posting signs, or providing information on their counters.

    “We value our customers and encourage them to follow the law,” said Kathleen Olivastro, regional director of Illinois Supply and Provisions’ parent company Ascend Wellness Holdings, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based, vertically integrated operator with assets in Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Ohio.

    “Ultimately, individuals are responsible for any legal ramifications, including transporting across state lines, once products leave the (store).

    “We do encourage anyone considering purchasing cannabis to research and understand the laws before they come in.”

    A sign at Illinois Supply and Provisions warns customers about crossing state lines with marijuana. The shop is located in Collinsville, Illinois, which is about 15 miles from St. Louis’ Gateway Arch.

    Illinois Supply and Provisions, located about 15 miles from St. Louis’ Gateway Arch in Collinsville, Illinois, has served customers not only from Missouri but also from Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, and Wisconsin.

    Stores located near the border have the opportunity for stronger sales but must ensure that their employees have more extensive training than staffers in stores that are not near state lines.

    Nic Easley, CEO of Denver-based 3C Consulting, said he advises retail clients to create a questionnaire for customers to answer when they’re checking out that includes an item about agreeing not to take cannabis across state lines.

    He’s also counseled clients not to sell cannabis to customers if they have alluded to the fact they’ll be doing something illegal.

    “You’re putting the onus on individuals for safe and responsible cannabis use,” Easley said.

    “Whenever you have something on one side (of a border) that you don’t have on the other, people are going to come. I love border locations for capturing new markets.”

    Medical Mondays

    Illinois Supply and Provision, formerly HCI Alternatives, reserves Mondays for medical marijuana patients.

    Both Illinois and Missouri residents who hold MMJ cards can shop in the store. However, Missouri medical cardholders are not permitted to purchase MMJ products at the store but can purchase recreational products on Mondays – and pay adult-use sales tax rates on products.

    “IS&P feels it is important to give Missouri medical patients – some with serious health challenges – access to the dispensary on a day that is typically less busy, even though they must be treated as adult-use customers,” Olivastro said.

    Jushi Holdings, multistate cannabis, and hemp operator based in Boca Raton, Florida, recently acquired two Illinois medical cannabis dispensaries from Colorado-based The Green Solution, including one in Sauget, across the river from St. Louis.

    The company has received approval to operate the dispensaries as adult-use retail stores under its Beyond/Hello brand, which is likely to occur by early March. Ultimately, Jushi plans to have four adult-use retail stores open in Illinois by the end of the year.

    Jushi President Erich Mauff said the community has proved receptive to the store adding adult-use sales to its offerings.

    “They’re really excited for us to be there,” Mauff said. “They’ve been great supporters of us over the last four years and are keen for us to get the adult-use up and running.

    “But we can only do that once we can protect the medical patients and have an uninterrupted supply of marijuana.”

    Despite its location, just 4½ miles from St. Louis, medical patients from Missouri will not be able to purchase medical marijuana from Beyond/Hello.

    As of Feb. 19, 33,490 Missourians were registered as medical marijuana patients even though the state’s first dispensaries aren’t expected to open until late spring or early summer.

    “An individual must be an Illinois resident to be registered as a patient,” Mauff said. “There is no medical cannabis reciprocity between the state of Missouri and Illinois.”

    Emphasis on compliance

    When Jushi rebrands its Sauget shop to Beyond/Hello and opens to adult-use customers – people who are 21 with a valid ID – it will sell to Missourians. The store will train budtenders to ensure customers who are not Illinois residents are aware that crossing state lines with marijuana is illegal.

    “A priority for the company will be continually emphasizing communication of all compliance requirements,” Mauff said.

  • Why You Need to Know Your State’s Marijuana Laws

    Why You Need to Know Your State’s Marijuana Laws

    Why You Need to Know Your State’s Marijuana Laws

    Slowly but steadily, marijuana is becoming legal recreationally around the country — but federally, cannabis remains a Schedule I drug. Not only does that mean that you can’t take your weed across state lines without risking a felony; it also means that marijuana laws can vary significantly from state to state, and users shouldn’t expect to be able to buy and enjoy marijuana the same way wherever they go. Regardless of how long your state has enjoyed legal recreational weed, you might do well to brush up on the current weed regulations in your state. Here’s why.

    Dispensary Locations Have Broadened

    Often, when states first dip their toes into legalizing recreational weed, they are extremely conservative in their legislation in an attempt to make the new laws appealing to moderate voters and to eliminate any fears that the legal drug will have a serious impact on residents’ safe, comfortable lifestyles. Typically, the most stringent rules are where dispensaries can be located and who will be licensed to own and operate them. Unfortunately, this often means that the first dispensaries in a state are in inconvenient areas, far from more popular shopping districts — and worse, it has largely resulted in the legal marijuana industry being dominated by wealthy white business owners.

    A few states have worked hard to change this. For example, in Illinois, marijuana dispensary licenses were prioritized in communities historically plagued by anti-drug legislation, so black and brown entrepreneurs have a greater opportunity to recover from past wrongs and thrive. Other municipalities have loosened their zoning laws, so dispensaries can open in higher-traffic areas of town. If you have been visiting the same, inconvenient dispensary for years, you might look into where dispensaries are opening closer to home.

    Additionally, you might investigate laws relating to where it is legal to partake in your marijuana goodies. Largely, states want you to use weed at home, far from the public eye; smoking in hotels, restaurants and even dispensaries is against the law. However, some states are rethinking this regulation. By permitting marijuana use in specific locations, like dispensaries or weed-themed hospitality businesses, states can bolster their cannabis industry, which benefits marijuana users and state legislators, alike.

    Product Accessibility Has Increased

    Thanks largely to the COVID-19 crisis, many states have deemed marijuana to be an essential product and protect its access to users in states where medical and recreational dispensaries operate. Even better, to keep that at-risk safe from infection, governments have loosened rules regarding how users can acquire the cannabis products they need. For instance, in Florida, medical marijuana patients can now make orders for marijuana products online and pick up their purchases at the dispensary curb, which was previously not permitted. Additionally, in Washington State, dispensaries are now allowed to make home deliveries, which is something patients and recreational users have been seeking for years.

    While these regulations are new to some states, they have long been standard in others. By understanding how your state regulates marijuana accessibility — where you can buy weed products, how you can buy them, where you can see them, how you can come to possess them, etc. — you might be able to make your marijuana experience safer and more convenient, both now in the midst of the pandemic and into the future if these loose regulations remain in place.

    Possession Limits Have Changed

    Another marijuana issue affected by the new coronavirus is possession limits. To help states differentiate between legal use and illegal sale — and to reduce the likelihood of substance abuse — all states have imposed limits on how much cannabis products a user can buy at once time and how much they are permitted to have on their person. This extends to the number of cannabis plants that people are allowed to grow and harvest at home.

    Yet, because many people cannot and should not leave their homes as COVID-19 rages on, states are rethinking how much product individuals should be allowed to possess. Typically, possession limits are relatively meager, but these days, some states are considering increasing limits to help users build a 90-day stockpile, which reduces their need to venture into public. Regulation regarding personal plant cultivation, as well, could shift as a result of this crisis.

    It is never a bad idea to know the law, and with something as controversial as cannabis, knowing the law could keep you safe and out of trouble. Especially as marijuana regulations continue to flex and change, you should stay abreast of weed laws in your state — and in any states, you visit.

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  • Medical Marijuana Components: (E)-BCP

    Medical Marijuana Components: (E)-BCP

    Medical Marijuana Components: (E)-BCP.

    THC is an effective anti-inflammatory, but it causes psychotropic effects because it targets the body’s CB-1 receptor, which is found in the brain and central nervous system. (E)-BCP on the other hand targets the CB-2 receptor, which found in tissues throughout the body but not in the brain, and triggers biochemical reactions in the body that can help combat inflammation.

    (E)-BCP is a natural and powerful anti-inflammatory component that is also found in food items like black pepper, oregano, basil, lime, cinnamon, carrots, and celery. And unlike THC, this cannabinoid does not affect the brain, meaning it will not produce psychotropic effects. Essential oils from cannabis plants contain up to 35% (E)-BCP.

    Researchers say (E)-BCP could be an effective treatment for pain, arthritis, cirrhosis, nausea, osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis, and other ailments without getting patients high. What’s more, a medicine developed from (E)-BCP would not have the same side effects as many of the medicines currently used to treat these conditions. Existing drugs can be less effective for some people and can carry side effects, from stomach ulcers to increased risk of heart attacks. discuss medical marijuana options with from https://smartweedshop.com/shop/

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  • How to Store Marijuana Properly — A Complete Guide 101

    How to Store Marijuana Properly — A Complete Guide 101

    How to Store Marijuana Properly — A Complete Guide 101

    Get value for money by knowing the right ways to store marijuana for preserving its flavor, potency, and more.

    Many people store their marijuana in sandwich bags. When you opt for the correct marijuana storage, you will be protecting and preserving it for further use. It is not uncommon to have mold growing on cannabis and consuming it could be pretty dangerous for your health.

    By keeping a few simple tips in mind, you will be able to store your stash in a better way, which will ensure that it remains fresh, pleasant, and fragrant for consumption without losing its precious potency. Let’s take a look at some of these tips.

    Ways of Storing Marijuana

    Irrespective of whether you are picking up marijuana from a local dispensary or growing marijuana on your own, you will require proper marijuana storage in order to keep the buds in the best condition.

    Storing marijuana will require you to keep a few factors in check. Let’s take a look at them.

    Airflow

    Humidity

    Heat

    Light

    A foundational study was able to discover that light is the most responsible factor when it comes to the degradation of marijuana. Direct sunlight is probably most degrading to the flower; however, indirect light could also result in a loss of potency. Hence, you need to store your stash in light-proof storage in order to preserve it.

    When you store marijuana, you have to look for a dry, dark, and cool place. The back of your closet or cabinet is a great place to store jars of marijuana. When the flowers are exposed to oxygen, light, and heat, the stash can easily end up losing potency because THC will get degraded to CBN. Due to degraded terpenes, there could also be a loss of flavor.

    The kind of storage you choose for your marijuana stash would also have a role to play in keeping the flowers fresh. If you wish to control critical factors, you need to store marijuana in a temperature that is around 60–70 degrees Fahrenheit.

    Keep it in a jar that is airtight in order to minimize airflow and humidity exposure, which should ideally be kept at 62 percent. Due to this reason, many growers and consumers like to store marijuana is dark-colored or opaque glass containers for reducing light exposure.

    Mistakes to Avoid While Storing Marijuana

    There are a few mistakes that you could commit when storing marijuana, especially when you are storing for an extended period of time.

    Your storage container has to be airtight. You cannot afford to expose it to the outside air because it will result in faster potency degradation. The organic material will become dry, ending up decreasing the quality of your stash.

    In the same way, you should also avoid keeping marijuana in a damp environment because it could facilitate the growth of mold. When people smoke marijuana with mold, they tend to become sick.

    It is also not a good idea to keep your stash in the refrigerator. When buds are stored in the fridge, it might get mold because of the fluctuations in temperature and humidity inside the refrigerator.

    Just the way a damp and cold environment could result in mold growth, high temperatures could also create an environment for bacterial and mould to grow inside the flowers. Therefore, it is essential to keep your stash in a temperature that doesn’t vary often.

    You must have come across articles where consumers mention that storing marijuana in the refrigerator is very helpful. However, it is a pretty controversial suggestion. Extreme temperatures could cause the trichomes to snap off and become brittle, which ultimately takes away its potency.

    When you limit exposure to the various factors resulting in degradation of marijuana, you will be able to ensure that your stash remains potent and fresh for the time when you really want to use it.

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    Airtight Mason Glass Jars

    In the retail cannabis market, plastic pop-top bottles are known to be a standard. However, they aren’t recommended for storing cannabis, particularly when you plan on doing do for an extended time period.

    Plastic is known for leaching BPA, which could ultimately affect the flavor. Plastic containers are less effective when it comes to preventing air exchange. Plastic is also known for building up static, which makes the trichomes stick to the side.

    Instead of going for plastic bottles, you could try glass. Mason glass jars are known for being the ideal storage containers, especially when they are kept in a cool, dark place. an airtight glass can help in maintaining potency in order to protect the buds are outside air and moisture.

    Try to get a wide-mouth mason jar from the market that is designed to have a vacuum sealer, and you will have the perfect container to store your precious cannabis flowers.

  • 420 Meaning The Real History Of April 20.

    420 Meaning The Real History Of April 20.

    420 Meaning The Real History Of April 20.

    Like most of the legends, traditions, and slang of cannabis culture, the real history of the 420 meaning is obscured by hearsay, “he said, she said,” and a healthy dose of, “What the hell happened last night?”

    But that doesn’t make 420 any less important.

    In fact, 420 has become a well-nigh universal term for all things marijuana. It even has its own day: April 20 (4/20 for those who’ve already started celebrating).

    So where did the concept of 420 come from? What does it mean? Why those particular numbers? And how did it spread around the world?

    In this article, the experts at Honest Marijuana clear the pot haze — for a few minutes, anyway, and then we’re right back into it — to provide you with the definitive 420 meaning.

    Theories Of The 420 Meaning

    Before we delve into the true origins of April 20, we’ll examine some of the strange, outlandish, and downright false theories of the 420 meaning.

    H.P. Lovecraft

    Back in 1939, H.P. Lovecraft and Kenneth Sterling wrote In The Walls Of Eryx.

    In this short story, Lovecraft writes briefly about “curious mirage-plants” that alter the narrator’s perception of reality at around 4:20.

    This would be a great explanation because we love us some Lovecraft (Cthulhu fhtagn!), but the logistics of this theory just don’t jive.

    First, Lovecraft doesn’t elaborate about whether it’s 4:20 a.m. or 4:20 p.m. For some stoners, we guess it wouldn’t matter, but for us long-timers (read “old”), we’re going to be pretty much comatose in our beds at 4:20 a.m. unless something is really, REALLY wrong.

    Second, since Lovecraft lived on the east coast of the United States, we can only assume he was referring to 4:20 Eastern (daylight savings wasn’t a standard thing at that time).

    And 4:20 Eastern would make it 3:20 Central, 2:20 Mountain, and 1:20 Pacific (although we still don’t know if it was early morning or late afternoon).

    So although Lovecraft’s story is one of the earliest mentions of psychedelia and 4:20 together in one place, it’s highly unlikely that he can claim responsibility for creating 420.

    It’s a fun theory, but it’s false.

    Dutch Teatime

    Another popular theory holds that 4:20 (or 16:20 for 24-hour-clock enthusiasts) is standard teatime in Holland, the Netherlands.

    Geographically speaking, Holland is a region on the western coast of the Netherlands that includes the city of Amsterdam.

    And, as all good stoners know, Amsterdam is like Mecca for cannaenthusiasts.

    Because of this link to the forward-thinking city that pioneered cannabis legalization back in the 1970s (yes, it’s been legal there for almost half a century), it’s as good an explanation as any for the real 420 meaning.

    Sadly, though, it’s just as false as the Lovecraft connection.

    420 Active Chemicals

    Some believe that the history of the 420 meaning got its start because there are 420 active chemicals in cannabis.

    This is just plain wrong. There are way more than 420 active chemicals in your standard marijuana plant.

    And of those 420, only about 70 or so are cannabinoids unique to your favorite strain. The rest are just regular organic molecules common to pretty much every plant on the planet.

    So, as a theory for the origin of 420, this explanation doesn’t hold water and sounds like something you would hear third- or fourth-hand from your uncle’s cousin’s friend’s 14-year-old niece.

    If someone tries to pass this off as cannon at your next smoke sesh, laugh scornfully in their face, point fingers derisively, and make them clean the gunk out of your bong to teach them a lesson about gullibility.

    Adolf Hitler’s Birthday

    Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, but that’s a tenuous connection to the pot-smoking revelry that 420 has become today.

    Even if this explanation for the 420 meaning were even remotely true — which it’s NOT — we’re not sure why it would have gotten a start in the first place.

    Other than the birthdate thing, no one wants to honor one of the men responsible for some of the worst years western civilization has ever faced.

    Plus, there’s absolutely no connection between Hitler and the wacky weed — although the world probably would have been a much better place if he’d have toked a fatty once or twice and just chilled the eff out.

    This theory is complete bunk.

    A Bob Dylan Song

    Back in 1966, Bob Dylan released the song “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35”.

    In the said song, he sings extensively about getting stoned and ends with the now-famous chorus, “Everybody must get stoned!”

    Along with the fairly obvious connotations, the band — and Dylan himself — sound like they’re high as a kite.

    Plus, 12 x 35 = 420. Coincidence? Unfortunately, yes. While this is one of the most plausible theories for 420’s meaning, it’s also false.

    Dylan himself says that he was singing about being stoned in the Biblical sense of the word — people hurling rocks at you — not about puffing a blunt and scarfing down Funyons and Pixie Sticks.

    It’s easy to see how well-meaning stoners could have run with their own understanding of “Everybody must get stoned!” — it is pretty obvious, after all — but there’s no historical proof this is where 420 got its start.

    California Police Code

    Another plausible explanation for the origins of 420 goes back to the California police codes of the 1970s.

    Much like the term 5150 — the California law-enforcement code applied to people who are considered threateningly unstable or “crazy” — that was co-opted by the band Van Halen for the name of their seventh album, legend has it that 420 was the police code for “marijuana smoking.”

    As cool as it would be to take “the man’s” own codes, throw them back in their faces, and create a day to celebrate marijuana openly, this theory is false as well.

    R.I.P. Bob Marley

    Some folks — don’t ask us who — swear that The Right Honorable Robert “Bob” Marley died on April 20 and that the current 420 celebration is a tribute to this cannabis icon.

    Unfortunately, this theory isn’t true either. Mr. Marley passed away on May 11 (511), not April 20.

    You can — and should — still blaze a bong in honor of the pioneer of ganja culture; just don’t claim he’s the reason for 420.

    The Real History Of 420

    The real story of 420’s meaning dates back to San Rafael High School (in San Rafael, California) in the 1970s and a group of five friends known as the Waldos.

    “Why Waldos?” you ask. Because they used to hang out by a wall outside the school. Get it? Wall-dos? Waldos? Anyway…

    During harvest time in the fall of 1971, the Waldos heard a rumor that a member of the Coast Guard had planted a cannabis crop and, because he had shipped out, could no longer tend the buds.

    They decided to search for the lost crop after practice (they were all high school athletes) and arranged to meet at the Louis Pasteur statue on campus at 4:20 p.m.

    This went on for several weeks and they took to reminding each other of their after-school plans by saying, “4:20 Louis.”

    Eventually, they dropped the “Louis” completely and started using 420 as a way to refer to their pot-smoking activities without squares being any the wiser.

    They never did find the secret stash, and it would have stopped there — with a group of high school friends in California — if it weren’t for a fortunate coincidence and one of the most iconic rock bands of all time: The Grateful Dead.

    By the early 1970s, the Dead had moved their rehearsal space from The Haight in San Francisco to the Marin County hills — just blocks from the Waldos’ school.

    In addition to being within walking distance of the heart of the counterculture, one of the Waldos’ dads managed real estate for the band, and another Waldo’s older brother was good friends with Dead bassist Phil Lesh.

    Because of this connection, the Waldos used to hang out in close proximity to the band where they, no doubt, used the term 420 quite often.

    From there, 420 spread through the roadies, band members, and fans until it was common in the underground language of the Dead Head community.

    In the late 80s and early 90s, reporters from the magazine High Times heard the term 420 (in the form of a flyer that said, “We are going to meet at 4:20 on 4/20 for 420-in in Marin County…”) while attending a concert in Oakland, California.

    High Times took the story, ran with it, and started incorporating 420 into everything they did (eventually purchasing the web address 420.com).

    As cannabis culture began to grow in the United States and around the world, the idea of 420 continued to gain popularity.

    With the legalization of marijuana in states across the union, 420 parties spread like wildfire and the celebration took off from there and transformed into the ganja-fest that it is today.

    Impress Your Friends With Your 420 Knowledge

    So there you have it, the real history of the 420 meaning.

    Now you can impress your friends with your extensive knowledge of marijuana history and not look like a blathering idiot in the process.

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