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smoking wiseacres who called themselves the Waldos, who are now pushing 50. The term was shorthand for the time of day the group would meet, at the campus statue of Louis Pasteur, to smoke pot. Intent on developing their own discreet language, they made 420 code for a time to get high, and its use spread among members of an entire generation.
Keep in mind, there are many different stories of where the term "4:20" originated from, I'm not sure which one is correct, but I'll choose to stick to this one regardless.
April 20th
A day to celebrate the wonderful and versatile Cannabis plant!
Whether you plan on going away to Amsterdam, getting together in your friend’s basement, walking through the woods/parks,joining a rally..make sure you celebrate all the Cannabis plant all day long!!
Not only is this day a wonderful day to celebrate, it’s also the perfect day to get up and get involved with Legalization rallies all over the country!
Quotes:
"...marijuana is one of the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man."
--DEA Judge Francis Young
"The drug (Cannabis) is really quite a remarkably safe one for humans, although it is really quite a dangerous one for mice and they should not use it."
--J.W.D Henderson Director of the Bureau of Human Drugs, Health and Welfare, Canada
"I enjoy smoking cannabis and see no harm in it".
--Jennifer Aniston
"When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself." --Bob Marley
“Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself, and where they are they should be changed."
--Jimmy Carter - Former U.S. President
"Decriminalization means no regulation. Legalization means regulation. NY has had decrim. for 30 years and we still arrest people for marijuana. Legalization is the only change that will really make us free and stop un-needed arrests."
--Rob Robinson, Founder of NY NORML
"I do smoke, but I don't go through all this trouble just because I want to make my drug of choice legal. It's about personal freedom. We should have the right in this country to do what we want, if we don't hurt anybody. Seventy-two million people in this country have smoked pot. Eighteen to 20 million in the last year. These people should not be treated as criminals."
--Woody Harrelson
"Why is marijuanna against the law ? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn't the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit......paranoid ?
You know what I mean ? It's nature. How do you make nature against the fucking law ? It grows everywhere. Serves a thousand different functions, all of them positive. To make marijuanna against the law is like saying God made a mistake."
--Bill Hicks
"George Bush says "We are losing the War on Drugs", do you know what that implies?There's a War being fought and the people on drugs are winning it! What does that tell you about drugs? Some smart,creative people on that side. They're winning a war and they're fucked up!"
--Bill Hicks
"It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics dope and all of that stuff. It is a thousand times better than whiskey. It is an assistant and a friend."
-- Louis Armstrong
"Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere."
--President George Washington, 1794
"Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country."
--President Thomas Jefferson
“More Americans die in just one day in prisons, penitentiaries, jails and stockades than have ever died from marijuana throughout history. Who are they protecting? From what?”
--Fred Oerther, MD, Portland, Oregon
"The war on drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our Marijuana laws."
--PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
"No matter how hard you hit Mary Jane, she never hits you back."
The FACTS:
*Hempseed contains 30% (by volume) oil. This oil has been used to make high-grade diesel fuel oil and aircraft engine and precision machine oil. Throughout history, hempseed oil was used for lighting in oil lamps. Legend says the genie’s lamp burned hempseed oil, as did Abraham the prophet’s. In Abraham Lincoln’s time, only whale oil came near hempseed oil in popularity for fuel.
*The United States government pays (in cash or in “kind”) for farmers to refrain from growing on approximately 90 million acres of farmland each year, called the “soil bank.” And 10-90 million acres of hemp or other woody annual biomass planted on this restricted, unplanted fallow farm land would make energy a whole new ball game and be a real attempt at doing something to save the Earth. There are another 500 million marginal unplanted acres of farm land in America.
*Each acre of hemp would yield 1,000 gallons of methanol, or 500 gallons of gasoline. Fuels from hemp, along with the recycling of paper, etc., would be enough to run America virtually without oil.
*Hemp is Earth’s number-one biomass resource; it is capable of producing 10 tons per acre in 4 months. Hemp is easy on the soil, sheds its lush foliage throughout the season, adding mulch to the soil and helping retain moisture. Hemp is an ideal crop for the semi-arid West and open range land.
*The world struggle for money is actually a struggle for energy, as it is through energy that we may produce food, shelter, transportation and entertainment. It is this struggle which often erupts into open war. If we remove the cause, these conflicts may never occur.
*If introduced to Third World nations, hemp biomass could drastically cut our overseas aid and reasons for war, while raising the quality of life there by quantum leaps.
*For more than 3,500 years, cannabis/hemp/marijuana has been, depending on the culture or nation, either the most used or one of the most widely used plants for medicines. This includes: China, India, the Middle and Near East, Africa, and pre-Roman Catholic Europe (prior to 476 A.D.).
Have a Happy, Safe, and Cop-Free 4/20, everybody!!
Peace, Love, Hemp♥
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