print email comment close 420 URL: http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/420.htm Description: Provides brief information about the origins of marijuana slang term "420," which "began ... in 1971 as a bit of slang casually used by a group of high school kids at San Rafael High School in California." Includes references in popular culture. From Urban Legends Reference Pages. Author: Mikkelson, Barbara Publisher: Urban Legends Reference Pages Dublin Core Material Type: Text Library of Congress Subject Headings: Drugs of abuse -- Terminology Marijuana LII Database Information: Record 491 created by Tom McGibney on 09/21/2003 Last modification on 09/23/2003 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 03/09/2006 Published: 09/21/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/491