{"id":10453,"date":"2024-10-11T19:19:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2024\/10\/11\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday\/136845\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T19:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:19:13","slug":"how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"How 4\/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana&#8217;s high holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP_Explains_History_of_420_62922-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP_Explains_History_of_420_75686-560x378.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP_Explains_History_of_420_57754-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday-2.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP_Explains_History_of_420_37741-560x361.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday-3.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP_Explains_History_of_420_48727-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday-4.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP_Explains_History_of_420_20985-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday-5.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP_Explains_History_of_420_31683-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday-6.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP_Explains_History_of_420_65651-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday-7.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP_Explains_History_of_420_41624-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday-8.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP_Explains_History_of_420_84977-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday-9.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/how-4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday-11.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<p>By GENE JOHNSON<\/p>\n<p>SEATTLE \u2014 Saturday marks marijuana culture\u2019s high holiday, 4\/20, when college students gather \u2014 at 4:20 p.m. \u2014 in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition provides an occasion for activists to reflect on how far their movement has come, with recreational pot now allowed in nearly half the states and the nation\u2019s capital. Many states have instituted \u201csocial equity\u201d measures to help communities of color, harmed the most by the drug war, reap financial benefits from legalization. And the White House has shown an openness to marijuana reform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2024\/04\/19\/4-20-grew-from-humble-roots-to-marijuanas-high-holiday\/\">Read the rest of this story on ocregister.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE \u2014 Saturday marks marijuana culture\u2019s high holiday, 4\/20, when college students gather \u2014 at 4:20 p.m. \u2014 in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts. 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