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Lifestyle

420 blazed it! Highlights and photos from 4/20 across America

David DownsPublished on April 21, 2021
Couch Locked by Cookies attendees enjoy the outdoor set. (via Couch Locked Network)
Couch Locked by Cookies attendees enjoy the outdoor set. (via Couch Locked Network)

Stoner Christmas came and went yesterday, with the presents gone as fast as they were opened.

Millions of cannabis fans in the US, and millions more worldwide, packed bowls, laughed at comedy shows, live-streamed a concert or two, or just watched a movie for the unofficial stoner holiday of 420.

Weed sessions started before dawn in the East Coast time zones and went on after dark in the West. While most celebrated at home, a few scattered public events helped make the second pandemic 420 memorable.

The stoner code for “time to get high” 420 began 50 years ago this year, slowly morphing over the decades from an underground signal to a cultural rallying cry for cannabis liberation.

Folks sparked up joints, pipes, bongs, bubblers, and bit edibles or hit vape pens at precisely 4:20 pm in each time zone. (And, let’s face it, they smoked plenty before, and after.)

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The morning of 420

East Coasters started celebrating at 4:20 am, or 1:20 am PST, and legal stores opened after dawn. Maine enjoyed its first legal sales of 420 ever.

On the West Coast, stores opened at 8 am and blasted through their early bird customers but stayed brisk all day long.

Doors opened at 8 a.m. on the west coast Tuesday and the crowds were ready. (David Downs/Leafly)
Doors opened at 8 am on the West Coast Tuesday and the masked crowds were ready. (David Downs/Leafly)

Hippie Hill, the famed Golden Gate Park gathering place for decades of 420, remained closed this year.

Take a look at the tall fences put up around Hippie Hill at Golden Gate Park in #SanFrancisco. The city hopes people celebrate at home safely instead of gathering in groups. Virtual events: https://t.co/lWEIHWgISC#four20#420daypic.twitter.com/UuRwVdFGue

— Sara Stinson (@SaraStinsonNews) April 20, 2021

One of America’s oldest dispensaries, The Vapor Room, blew our minds with some uncanny numerology.

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A post shared by Vapor Room SF (@vapor_room_sf)

The 420 munchies fly

Each year brings more robust culinary offerings for our baked brethren.

This year, fine dining outlet Jack in the Box put forth the Chick-N-Tater Melt Munchie Meal. Meanwhile, Fatburger had $4.20 burgers (down from $8). And Shake Shack did a collab with delivery service Postmates and rapper Action Bronson.

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420 fell on Taco Tuesday this year, a win for all humankind.

Chicken and tater tots combined at Jack in the Box Tuesday. (Jack in the Box)
Chicken and tater tots combined at Jack in the Box Tuesday. (Jack in the Box)

A pop culture parade

Actors, musicians, models, and brands love a good 420.

Comedian Chelsea Handler kept it tame, all things considered.

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A post shared by Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler)

Alicia Silverstone gave us a Clueless flashback.

I had to share this one… I mean it IS 4/20 after all.. 😂🍃💨 #420day#Cluelesspic.twitter.com/TNzUwjoivG

— Alicia Silverstone (@AliciaSilv) April 20, 2021

And many fabulous celebs wished the world a happy 420, including Kerry Washington, GZA, El-P, Killer Mike, and Lauren Jauregui.

Happy 4/20 🔥🔥🔥 #LittleFiresEverywhere#420daypic.twitter.com/DYio3LFGpx

— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) April 20, 2021

Happy #420 💨 pic.twitter.com/6cchagVa0i

— GZA (@TheRealGZA) April 20, 2021
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A post shared by Lauren Jauregui (@laurenjauregui)

#Happy420 it is my Born Day and I am truly blessed. Thank all y’all who show love. I am always overwhelmed, humbled and appreciative!

— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) April 20, 2021

Potent Comedy Central classic Workaholics dropped a supercut of herbal memories.

Rotten Tomatoes flashed back to a Mr. Lebowski moment.

420 is a day to floss your gear—your best floral print, a crispy cap, or a clean bong. Comedian and “adult woman who is worthy of respect” Dana Donnelly looked amazing doing it.

happy 420 from my family to yours 💖 pic.twitter.com/FsfS6iEyTs

— Dana Donnelly (@danadonly) April 20, 2021

Social media influencer Coral Reefer did solar bowls meets gravity bong hits.

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A post shared by Coral Kamstra-Brown (@coralreefer420)

True hippies Nikki and Swami from Swami Select wished everyone a happy 4/20 from their farm up in the Emerald Triangle.

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Stunting for the plant

No 420 is complete without publicity stunts. (I mean, Leafly gave away a year’s worth of weed.)

Similarly, New Yorkers did a joints for jabs vaccine drive.

And Heath Scott of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, rolled a 150-foot-long hemp joint.

Of course, Snoop released a new album. It’s called From Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites, featuring Devin The Dude, Kokane, Goldie Loc, Big Tray Deee, Mozzy, Larry June, Prohoezak, and J Black.

Actor Jaleel White got back in the Steve Urkel costume and took some weed photos with Snoop Dog to tout Its PurpL, the new weed brand from 710 Labs.

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And over on rap battle station Verzuz, Method Man and Redman reprised Method & Red with guests EPMD, Inspectah Deck, and K-solo. Snoop approves.

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A post shared by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg)

2021 includes a weird cyberpunk dystopia, so:

  • Rapper B-Real sold digital collectibles for $420. Yes, the dreaded non-fungible token or NFT.
  • Stoner-aligned digital currency Dogecoin hit $0.420; up 400% in a week.
  • And TikTokkers claimed their share of 420 laughs.

Calls to let weed freedom ring

420 arrives amid a fever pitch in the air countrywide for marijuana law reform. The SAFE Banking act passed the House again this week. The Senate revisits the MORE Act.

The freaking leader of the United States Senate tweeted, “Happy 420.”

And Texas lawmaker James Talarico introduced a legalization bill in the conservative state.

After New York, Virginia, and New Mexico legalized this year, Leafly CEO Yoko Miyashita spoke in support of Pennsylvania legalization to increase social justice and public safety.

Leafly CEO Yoko Miyashita in Pennsylvania supporting reform Tuesday. (Leafly)
Leafly CEO Yoko Miyashita in Pennsylvania supporting cannabis reform Tuesday. (Leafly)

Forbes writer Will Yakowicz posited this as the last illegal 420 in the US.

Meanwhile, New Jersey protestors sought home grow liberties in the newly legal Garden State.

In the afternoon, many Twitter users expressed happiness when jurors in Minnesota convicted the police officer who murdered George Floyd. Observers noted that the jury convicted the disgraced officer (aka put him away, or “smoked him”) on 420, and cherished the timing.

a good for it to be 420 and smoking that Darek chauvin pack #ripbozo👎😹👎 pic.twitter.com/FBU3tNtwmj

— Jay™🪅 (@100kProd) April 20, 2021

A cop going to jail on 420.
Wow.

— Brian (@wobbledropkila) April 20, 2021

Others noted that the weed-to-prison pipeline is still flowing in America. Marijuana arrests are the number one most common drug arrest, and drug arrests are the most common type of arrests police make.

The clock strikes 4:20 pm

When the clock started hitting 4:20 pm, things quickly got hazy.

The 420 Even Higher Together Livestream included Too $hort (who has some new herb coming out) chatting with Ms. Pat.

Comedian Ms. Pat interview rapper Too Short before 4:20 p.m. via livestream. (430 Together Again)
Comedian Ms. Pat interviews rapper Too Short before 4:20 pm via livestream. (420 Even Higher Together)

Musician Jhene Aiko kept the vibes so chill on the West Coast just minutes before 4:20.

Jhene Aiko and band elevate the 420 livestream vibrations. (420 Even Higher Together)

And over in San Francisco at the dual, live, and pay per view comedy review Couch Locked by Cookies, THC permeated the air, the crowd, and several early performers. The Bay Area weed had performers trippin’.

“What the fuck do ya’ll smoke in the Bay?” wondered Los Angeles comedian Teddy Ray.

Headliner Bob Saget worked with the frozen crowd. It wasn’t apathy, he noted, but bliss.

Comedian Bob Saget was just happy to be out of lockdown Tuesday. (via Couch Locked Netowrk)

“You’re stoned as shit and it’s nice,” he said. “This is the worst way to do comedy but the best.”

“There is so much fucking pot in my face right now, holy shit, you guys fart edibles.”

Insult comedian Jeff Ross truly solved the riddle of a mega-stoned crowd, mixing simple musical comedy and rapid-fire roasting of audience members.

And just like a joint, it was gone.

April 20th may already be a hazy memory, but the cannabis liberation movement it symbolizes marches on.

See you next year, when we can all hopefully sesh together again.

(via Puffco)
(via Puffco)

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David Downs
David Downs
Leafly Senior Editor David Downs is the former Cannabis Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. He's appeared on The Today Show, and written for Scientific American, The New York Times, WIRED, Rolling Stone, The Onion A/V Club, High Times, and many more outlets. He is a 2023 judge for The Emerald Cup, and has covered weed since 2009.
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