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Info on 420 as well as any related Items. Taking steps to End Cannabis Prohibition, Willamette Valley NORML and MERCY – the Medical Cannabis Resource Center are organizing “joint” Rallys at the steps of the Capital Building, Salem, Oregon every year on 4/20 at 4:20 to Raise Awareness about The War and what people can do about it. Click > here < for more on the Rally, click > here < for more events.

(1)  Register, Vote and Get Everybody You Know to Do So Also.

(2)  Then Everybody You Don't Know ... Yet.  Rally, Demonstrate and Protest in order to Inform, Educate and Activate, We, the People, to item (1) above. For example, Join Us at the Rally in Salem, and see how's it's done as you help make it happen. Other Actions and Activities >>>

Denver 420 Rally | MySpace profile for Denver Four Twenty Rally. Find friends, share photos, keep in touch with classmates, and meet new people on MySpace. Mobilizing, promoting, setting up booths, and getting prepared for the biggest, best RALLY YET! Help make it happen by making contact now! It's 420 Somewhere. Visit - http://www.myspace.com/420rally

"We had a great time yesterday (4/20/10) at this year Denver's 420 Rally which was the largest ever with 30,000 people in attendance and a list of National speakers that included Guest Speaker Allen St. Pierre!"

• Denver Post Coverage - http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14924469,

• Denver Westword - http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/04/420_at_civic_center_on_the_sce.php,

• CBS NEWS 4 - http://cbs4denver.com/national/Marijuana.Colorado.420.2.1645215.html See more >>

Celebrate 4/20 by Ending Marijuana Prohibition | Despite nearly three quarters of a century of government-imposed Cannabis Prohibition, it is, again, that oh so magical day that cannabis consumers celebrate ... and prohibitionists loathe: April 20 A day (and a time of day) that signifies the ever increasing cultural and commercial acceptance in America (and internationally) of millions of consumers' and medical patients' want and need for Cannabis Prohibition to end.

As in the previous twenty years, there is a fast growing acknowledgement that on April 20 ... all things in America are cannabis-related in that major newspapers like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times now provide major coverage to this day's significance; radio networks like National Public Radio deign to point their mics toward the issue of Cannabis Prohibition; and even major TV networks such as G4, SpikeTV, Comedy Central and Showtime will all devote blocks of time to '4/20' programming with the rebroadcast of 'stoner movies', comedy specials and documentaries. Can you just imagine what the good folk at the DEA and the Drug Czar's office think of this clear cultural defeat annually? One can almost be sympathetic on this day to them for their championing such a lost cause. Well, maybe for a nanosecond.

Learn more >> NORML's 2012 4/20 Salutations and Celebrations | Despite nearly three quarters of a century of government-imposed Cannabis Prohibition, it is, again, that oh so magical day that cannabis consumers celebrate ... and prohibitionists loathe: http://norml.org/news/2012/04/20/norml-s-2012-420-salutations-and-celebrations

Road to Legalization 4/20/2012 | Donate to NORML today and help us end marijuana prohibition in 2012. http://norml.org/join-norml/item/road-to-legalization-420?category_id=906

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4/20 from San Antonio's Fweedom Fest, beginning at 4pm Eastern and running all night long. We're celebrating 4/20 at 4:20 in every American Time Zone with correspondents in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio, Des Moines, Denver, Boise, Portland, Los Angeles, and Honolulu. Fweedom Fest coverage includes performances by Chief Greenbud and "Radical" Russ. Visit - Listen Here.

See also > Filmmaker E.J Vaughn and writer Steve Wishnia contacted NORML asking for help soliciting videos from cannabis consumers and patients about why they use cannabis and why they want the laws reformed as soon as possible. They will use some of these user-generated videos in their upcoming documentary production. While there is much to celebrate about regarding cannabis (as well as to lament about the failed prohibition) on April 20 at 4:20, this project is forward-looking regarding the further normalization of responsible cannabis use by adults. Visit - 420day.org Project

CafePress 4/20 Clothing Special | NORML's longtime online apparel partner CafePress has a '4/20' special running this weekend for some newly designed products that let the world know what your three favorite numbers are. Use the promo code: 20OFF420 to receive 20% off shirts and gear from the NORML Store on CafePress. Some restrictions apply. Visit - http://www.cafepress.com/norml/8763244

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420 Boyz on MySpace Music | MySpace Music profile for 420 Boyz. Download 420 Boyz Rap / / music singles, watch music videos, listen to free streaming mp3s, & read 420 Boyz's blog. 420 Boyz: General Info Member Since 6/15/2008 Band Members AK 420, Numpsy, Shay, JP Influences Tupac, Eminem, Bone Thugz n Harmony, haha an many more Visit - http://www.myspace.com/fourtwentyboyz

420-friendly | is a social website geard for people in and around London, Ontario. Visit - http://mydogissam.com/420-friendly.htm

420Clan.com | With server information, forums, tools downloads and forum. Visit - http://www.420clan.com/

Four Twenty Report | 420 Report by The House of Chronic ... Help Support 420Report ... Thank You Stoners. Visit - http://www.420report.net/cdn/

the 420 Film Festival | If you like to make movies, support the 420 lifestyle and are looking for a film fest that supports your lifestyle, then this is your Film Fest! Films must be no more than 4 minutes 20 seconds in length, 5 mins including title & credits. Films must also must be "420" themed. We will be taking longer films this year however they will only be available for viewing online. MULTI-MEDIA: Music Video, Animation, Claymation, Drama, Comedy, Adult , Documentary Categories can include: Food, Clothing, Shelter, Medical, Environmental, Political, Recreational, or anything else! The top videos will be shown on April 20 2010! Upload your movie to be eligible for prizes! Users must register an account to submit, watch, and vote on our 420 Videos ! HAPPY 420! Visit - http://420filmfest.org/

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Dear Reformers, In one week – we are throwing the ultimate 420 celebration here in Los Angeles at the historical Paramount studios in Hollywood - screening our new film “How Weed Won the West in the beautiful Paramount Theater. I’m writing to see if you would be interested in a simple barter. I could give you some VIP tickets ($30 each) in trade for posting our event on your web sites and blasting any email lists you have. If your organization would be interested in setting up a table at the event in the lobby of the theater – please call Trae @ 323. 472-7923 info@sacredcow.com. Some of our sponsors include – Advanced Nutrients, Bill Kroger Marijuana law, Apothecary Genetics, GGECKO University, Pineapple Kush, Nile Caregivers Group and more. This is the Official kick off to the massive THC-Expose that will be taking place at the LA convention center through April 25th.

Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you Kevin Booth

Below is a press release your free to cut & paste onto email blasts & web-sites
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Global 420 Première Event OFFICIAL KICK OFF for the THC-EXPOSE

On April 20th 2010 the creators of Showtime’s “American Drug War” will host an exclusive screening of their newest film “How Weed Won the West” – a cutting edge journey into the world of California Cannabis. As the official kick-off to the 2010 THC Expose this is the ultimate 4/20 Celebration. The L.A. Premiere will take place at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA and will include a meet & greet with cast/crew, special celebrity guests plus a private reception. Followed by an exclusive After Party with live music and refreshments.

Simultaneously – there will be 4/20 screenings of the film happening in over 25 cities in 5 countries, including - Toronto – London – NYC – Sydney. Maintaining consistent with the heart of the Cannabis Culture, producers of this global event are offering a limited number of tickets - Enter the biggest week in Marijuana reform history with a bang!!!

For tickets & info contact: Trae 323. 472-7923 info@sacredcow.com Here is a new web-site - http://www.apothecarygenetics.com/premier/ Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=104146549626044&ref=mf Tickets - http://www.sacredcowstore.com/

Host your own 420 screening-- The team at Sacred Cow are looking for brave smokers to set up as many 420 screenings as possible in as many cities as possible on April 20th (Tuesday) Please email info@sacredcow.com (put 420 in the subject) for directions on how to set up a screening. Lets see how many locations we can all light up at once..

VERMONT on Thursday “How Weed Won the West” Kevin Booth will be in Lyndonville VERMONT (of all places) at Lyndon State College – Alexander Twilight Theater – 9PM - if you live anywhere in this vicinity or know someone who does -I beg you to come out. Bill Hicks film has one more screening in Austin – 9PM Saturday night Paramount theater. This is your last chance if you live in Texas to see this film.. Buy “How Weed Won the West” & get “American Drug War” at half price + a free poster..

Hi, We're looking for organizations that can help us make history by screening the film "How Weed Won the West" in 420 cities on 4/20 to bring nationwide attention to the fight for marijuana legalization. Screenings are taking place in diverse locations from small house parties to huge theaters and festivals. Please visit the tour's official blog to view clips/trailer, and to learn more about hosting a screening: http://freetheweedtour.wordpress.com/ You can also check out our Twitter page:http://twitter.com/FreeTheWeedTour

If you are interested in hosting a screening, you can register here: http://freetheweedtour.eventbrite.com We looking forward to working with you as you plan to host a screening and pass this information on to your members to spread the word. Please contact me at Allison@passionriver.com or 732-321-0711 if you have questions or need more information.

Thank you! Best, Allison Kalman Marketing & Acquisitions Associate Passion River Films Tel#: 732-321-0711 Fax#: 732-321-4105 Twitter: @PRfilms www.youtube.com/passionriverfilms 416 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840 Discover unique films and speakers at: www.PassionRiver.com

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  About 420  

It's both more and less than people make it out to be. '420' began its sub-rosa linguistic career in 1971 as a bit of slang casually used by a group of high school kids at San Rafael High School in California. '420' (always pronounced "four-twenty," never "four hundred and twenty") came to be an accepted part of the argot within that group of about a dozen pot smokers, beginning as a reminder of the time they planned to meet to light up, 4:20 p.m. Keep in mind this wasn't a general call to all dope smokers everywhere to toke up at twenty past four every day; it was twelve kids who'd made a date to meet near a certain statue. It's thus incorrect to deem that '420' originated as a national or international dope-smoking time, even though the term began as a reference to a particular time of day.

These days '420' is used as a generic way of declaring one likes to use marijuana or just as a term for the substance itself. Its earliest connotation of having to do with the time a certain group of students congregated to smoke wacky tobaccy is unknown to the overwhelming majority of those who now employ the term. Indeed, most instead believe one or more of the many spurious explanations that have since grown up about this much abused short form:

• 420 is the penal code section for marijuana use in California.
  Nope. Section 420 of the California penal code refers to obstructing entry on public land. The penal codes of other states list different entries for 420, but none of them matches anything having to do with marijuana.
  However, on 1 January 2004 the Governor of California signed that state's Senate Bill 420, which regulates marijuana used for medical purposes. This bill comes years after the term '420' was associated with marijuana and indeed its number likely was chosen because of the existing pop culture connection. This is the tail wagging the dog, not the other way around.
• It's the Los Angeles or New York police radio code for marijuana smoking in progress.
  It's not the police radio code for anything, let alone that.
• It's the number of chemical compounds in marijuana.
  The number of chemical compounds in marijuana is 315, according to the folks at High Times magazine.
• April 20 is the date that Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, or Janis Joplin died.
  Though these performers were strongly identified with drug use during their brief lifetimes and the emerging drug culture after their demises, none of them kicked the bucket on April 20. Morrison died on July 3, Hendrix on September 18, and Joplin on October 4.
• The 20th of April is the best time to plant marijuana.
  There's no one "best time" — that answer would change from one part of the country to another, or even one country to another.
• Albert Hofmann took the first deliberate LSD trip at 4:20 on 19 April 1943.
  This was indeed the case — his lab notes back this up. But this wasn't the source of "420," just an oddball coincidence. (For the pedants out there, Hofmann's first LSD trip, which was accidental, took place on 16 April 1943.)
• It's the code you send to your drug dealer's pager.
  Yeah, right. All drug dealers recognize a '420' page as "Please be waiting on the corner with my baggie of wildwood weed."
• When the Grateful Dead toured, they always stayed in Room 420.
  Untrue, says Grateful Dead Productions spokesman Dennis McNally.

420 (cannabis culture) - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | April 20 (4/20 in U.S. date notation) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis.[1][2] The term originated from a group of teenagers at San Rafael High School in San Rafael, California, United States in 1971.[3][4] The teens would meet after school at 4:20 p.m. to smoke marijuana at the Louis Pasteur statue. According to an April 2009 article on the The Huffington Post, the group called itself the Waldos because its members hung out by a wall after school. Writer Ryan Grim, citing interviews with anonymous Waldos, claims that the group met by the statue at 4:20 p.m. to begin a search for a crop of abandoned cannabis growing near Point Reyes that they had heard about. They never found the stash, Grim writes, but smoked plenty of marijuana while looking for it.[5]

April 20 ("4/20" in U.S. date notation) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis.[1][2] In some locations this celebration coincides with Earth Week.[6][7][8] At events in the United States, it is common to hear about Abraham Lincoln, one of many American politicians known for past use of cannabis, who wrote that one of his "favorite things" was "smoking a pipe of sweet hemp".[9] Some events may have a political nature to them, advocating for the decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States. Visit - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)

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• 420 drug term meaning origin I had reported years ago that the term 420 (pronounced four twenty, not four hundred and twenty), was police code for smoking marijuana in a feature on ... A discussion on our Parenting Advice and Support Forum, had this Guide in puzzlement. I had reported years ago that the term 420 (pronounced four twenty, not four hundred and twenty), was police code for smoking marijuana in a feature on pager codes that teenagers use to talk to each other. I began researching the number again and it seems I was wrong. Read on to learn the myths, the truth about the origin and what this term means for parents. If you are worried that your teen may be taking drugs, please see our warning signs article and our parenting quiz: Is Your Teen Using Drugs? Visit - http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/marijuana/a/420meaning.htm

• Urban Dictionary: 420 420 - 152 definitions - So far the majority of you are incorrect. 420's origin IS known. the term 420 originated at San Rafael High School, in 1971... So far the majority of you are incorrect. 420's origin IS known. the term 420 originated at San Rafael High School, in 1971, among a group of about a dozen pot-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. Visit - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=420

• What Is 420? Open Discussion about What Is 420? - HIGLIGHTS: Marijuana, Code, Emoticonsemo, Border0, ... what 420 means since 2 years ago when there was this call called fourtwenty on ... MY BIRTHDAY!! haha but it really is.... basically i never knew that on april 20th was the time when people smoked. when first hearing that i was relly curious as to why and i just tried to look it up and found out that nobody exactly really knows why april 20th is the national "marijuana" day. Here are some theories. they said that back in the days, that "420" was the code for cops when troubling upon marijuana. that there are approximately 420 chemicals in marijuana Visit - http://www.knowledgesutra.com/index.php/420_t36577.html

• Why is 4/20 on 4/20? - Yahoo! Answers hey i never really thought about til now and wante… Here's the reasoning. 420 (cannabis culture) 4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is a term used in North America as a discreet way to refer to cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis culture. Phrases such as "420 friendly" sometimes appear in roommate advertisements, indicating that the current occupants are tolerant of cannabis users.[1] Visit - http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070418203258AAjPP7t

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  420 Rally on the Steps  

Help Us to Take Steps! Willamette Valley NORML and MERCY – the Medical Cannabis Resource Center are organizing “joint” Rallys at the steps of the Capital Building, Salem, Oregon every year on 4/20 at 4:20 to Raise Awareness about The War and what people can do about it. For more information, contact – MERCY – the Medical Cannabis Resource Center 1469 Capital St NE, Suite 100, Salem, OR, 97440 open Tue – Fri, Noon to 5pm call – 503.363-4588 or visit – www.MercyCenters.org Willamette Valley NORML PO BOX 10957 Eugene, Ore. 97440 call - 541.517-0957 Or visit – www.w-v-norml.org

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