Alright, I’m going to be civil with all of you and give this an update. Earlier today, I created a perspective piece on my experience with marijuana using friends and family that many readers have mistaken for an informative piece. With demand, I shall supply everyone an informative piece not about the plant itself but about today itself! The original piece stirred up a few emotions today. I intend to make all of my articles fun to read but if my experiences on the topic is offending people then I’m not making my posts fun anymore. (And if you still want the original piece, request. I still have it but don’t say I didn’t warn you.)

Today, is 4/20. There are concerts, parties, hang out sessions, and public gatherings taking place just like any other day. 4/20, the date itself, means a handful of things ranging from it being the best day to plant flowers in your garden, to supposed police codes for marijuana, and even to the story about a group of California kids started in the 70s in California. You know, the one about a few kids that met at 4:20 pm to find an abandoned marijuana crop located nearby their school. Whether they ever found it or not, I have no clue.

The 420 I am referring to is it being the symbol of Cannabis, as in the marijuana plant. Nowadays, people refer to 4:20 as pot-smoking time or pot-smoking in general. So all along, perhaps in high school or middle school, when you didn’t know what the hell a few people were saying when they mentioned 420, they probably were referring to pot. And I don’t know about you, but is it coincidental that a lot of shows are playing today or have I just been out of the concert-going scene too long?

Fun facts about marijuana

• If you’ve ever seen those marijuana posters (my brother had one), you’ll know that it comes in a variety of colors, leaf shapes, and psychoactive effects.
• Don’t try to grow a marijuana plant if you live in an apartment complex (even if you live on the second level). Most neighbors have no idea what that strong smell is, but believe me, one of 100 does.
• It can’t really kill (through overdosing) you. In all its thousands of years of usage, nothing states that it has. There has been talk about it being able to physically affect a user if they smoke his or her body weight. Probably a rumor, but if you have, let me know because that’s a lot of money and weed to have considering the physical properties of marijuana itself (you can’t use the entire plant, it’s very light, and estimate how much an ounce costs already and consider how much you weigh yourself).