Section 01
Why 4/20 actually matters
April 20 became cannabis shorthand in the 1970s through a group of California high school students (the Waldos) who met at 4:20 PM to smoke. The code spread through the Grateful Dead community, then into High Times magazine in the 90s, and became the global cannabis holiday by 2000. Today it's when cultivators launch new strains, brands drop limited releases, and dispensaries compete with their sharpest annual pricing.
