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TIL “420” did not originate as police code for marijuana use but for “juvenile disturbance”. The use of “420” for marijuana started in 1971 at San Rafael High School, where it indicated the time, 4:20 pm, when a group of students would go to smoke under the statue of Louis Pasteur

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