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History of 420[edit | edit source]

Wikipedia: 420 (cannabis culture).
420 Waldos, 4/20 Origin, Four Twenty. 420waldos.com
See 420 event graphics and 420 featured crowd photos.
420: Birth of a Stoner Notion. By Steve Bloom. April 20, 2020. Click to enlarge:

Huffington Post articles:
- 420 Meaning: The True Story Of How April 20 Became ‘Weed Day’. By Ryan Grim. April 20, 2010. Updated April 21, 2017.
- 4/20: How ‘Weed Day’ Got Its Name. By Ryan Grim. April 20, 2012.
- Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Why We Celebrate Weed On 4/20. By Ryan Grim. April 20, 2015.
- A Big Mystery Involving The Origin Of 4/20 Has Finally Been Solved. By Mollie Reilly. April 20, 2016. Updated Jan. 5, 2017.
The Long, Strange History of 4/20, the Global Cannabis Holiday. By David Bienenstock. April 18, 2018. At Leafly.
- 4/20: The Definitive History of Cannabis’s Biggest Day of the Year. April 18, 2016. At Leafly.
The history of 420, in Three Acts. April 2015. Freedom Leaf Magazine.
420 Meaning: The Very Odd Beginnings Of Marijuana’s Global Holiday. By Joel Warner. April 19, 2016. International Business Times.
What the Guys Who Coined '420' Think About Their Place in Marijuana History. By Olivia B. Waxman. Apr 19, 2017. Time magazine.
Google search: 420 site:cannabisculture.com in Cannabis Culture magazine online.

Some Waldos, and the 420 flag. Created in San Rafael, California in 1971. The original 420 batik flag was created by Patty Young. See Wikipedia: batik. She is holding the flag in the photo. Along with some Waldos. She created it in 1971 according to the 2012 article linked first below. The photo is from that article too.

4/20: How ‘Weed Day’ Got Its Name. Apr 20, 2012. By Ryan Grim. Huffington Post.
Proof of 420's Origin, Four Twenty Meaning. Documented proof. A 420waldos.com page.
The 420 Founding Fathers. March 30, 2015. By Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez. "The Waldo’s 420 Flag was created at San Rafael High School in 1971, and is part of their extensive collection of proof that they invented the term 420."
Noise & Vocalizations of 420 Waldos. Meaning of "eyot" on the 420 flag. A 420waldos.com page.

History of 420 events[edit | edit source]

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1995. Vancouver, Canada[edit | edit source]

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Vancouver, Canada. 1995 event: The Origins of 420 as a Day of Celebrating Marijuana. [4][5]. Archive. 2013 article in Cannabis Culture and Huffington Post. Written from a US federal prison by Marc Emery. From the article (emphasis added):

One day in early March 1995, Danna [Rozek] and Cindy [Lassu] came to me at my desk at HEMP BC, and we had this exchange I remember vividly. Danna said, "Marc, we'd like to have a 'Four-Twenty' celebration on April 20. ..."

20th 4/20 marked with mass light-up at Vancouver Art Gallery plaza. "First rally held in 1995 at Victory Square;". CBC News. April 20, 2014.

Image caption at source of photo below ([6] [7]): "Smokeless toke: Using a Toke-O-Matic, Hemp BC store owner Marc Emery, 37, and store manager Danna Rozek, 22, toke up some marijuana at the store. his device which is new, allows smoking of pot without actually inhaling any smoke. The pot is heated inside the bowl until the THC active ingredient releases from the pot. Then it’s inhaled through the hose".

Marc Emery and Danna Rozek. 1995 or 1996. Hemp BC store. Sources: [1] [2] [3].

Wikipedia: Marc Emery. According to Wikipedia Marc Emery was born on February 13, 1958. So he would have become 37 years old on Feb. 13, 1995. So above photo was taken in 1995 or early 1996.

Vancouver, Canada. April 20, 1995. See info below.

April 13, 2019 post from Marc Emery with above photo: "Me talking at the First annual Vancouver April 20 in 1995 at Victory Square beside Hemp BC. Danna O’Donnell (nee Rozek) was the inspiration for the April 20, 1995 event. It’s a good funny story I like to tell when regaling people about the origins of April 20."

1997. San Francisco, California[edit | edit source]

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San Francisco, California. 1997 event: The Original 420 Events (in the USA) Took Place in San Francisco. April 17, 2018. By Debby Goldsberry [8]. From the article (Wikipedia links added):

The remaining members of Sublime wanted to perform in San Francisco on 4/20 in 1997 both as a tribute to their fallen bandmate and to launch their new group, the Long Beach Dub Allstars. CAN was experienced at organizing marijuana-themed events in San Francisco. ... I [Debby Goldsberry] said yes right away to produce the Long Beach Dub Allstars 4/20 show. Now we needed a venue, so I called Boots Hughston, who owned San Francisco’s hippie haven, the Maritime Hall. I remember trying to be discreet about the fact that we wanted to hold a big marijuana event at his venue. But when I asked about renting the Hall on April 20, he replied, “Hell yeah! That’s 4/20.”

2015 September. Left to right: Debby Goldsberry, Sarah Duff, Dale Sky Jones.

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Day One of the 2015 Oregon Medical Marijuana Business Conference is in the Books. September 12, 2015 article.

1997, 1999. Nimbin, Australia[edit | edit source]

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The 420 (R)evolution. (and my part in it.) By Max Stone, April 19, 2018. From the article (emphasis added):

Max Stone, aka GaryBigBong, aka BigBong, aka BB is the man most responsible for the FourTwenties at Mardigrass dating back to 1999 , BB picked 4:20 as the ideal time to 'light up' back in 1997 when he needed to find a time to do a regular live webcam smoking session and BB picked 4:20 because of the 42nessness of 4:20, 42 of course being the answer to the the BIG Question in the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.... What is the meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything? If you haven't read the book, you ought. I digress... Anyway, looping back to the beginning of the 420 Demo, back to the 1999 MardiGrass which set the underground tone that has endured to this day, Max Stone usually high jacks the "Main Mardi Grass Speakers" at 4:15.40 and sounds the 4 minute 20 second "roll up" alert for the 4 20 Demonstration. In 1999 we handed out FREE Marijuana, over 200 all natural - all organic cannabis "space balls" each wrapped with a poem called FREE Marijuana. ... And so it came to be that in April of the year 2000, on the 20th, at 4:20 in the afternoon, the HEM*P Bar started what turned out to be an 8 year and four month long 'live to the web' political demonstration of recreational and medicinal marijuana use....

Above photo posted here on May 10, 2018 on Facebook. It lists people left to right: Simonetta Zigaldo. Ray Manley. No name listed (seated in middle front). Adonia Lyovtzsis. Max Stone.

Max Stone at week-long protest (New South Wales Drug Summit) in June 1999 at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia.

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Early 420 event graphics[edit | edit source]

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See: Category: Flat list of 420 event graphics.

Article discusses the first known public 420 event in the USA in 1997 in San Francisco, California.

Banner below is for an April 20, 1999 event in San Francisco:

Graphic is from: The Original 420 Events (in the USA) Took Place in San Francisco. By Debby Goldsberry, April 17, 2018.

Photos and graphics. Flat lists[edit | edit source]

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Flat list. All event graphics and photos. In alphabetical order by city. More flat lists:

All event graphics. 420 event graphics‎. Global Cannabis March graphics‎. Graphics‎. Not GCM or 420.

All featured crowd photos‎. 420 featured crowd photos‎. Global Cannabis March photos. Crowds. Not GCM or 420.

Cannabis is safer[edit source]

Return to top. Trump: “We’re going to be asking everyone who sells drugs, gets caught, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts”.

Full site / Mobile. To Top. Or End. Note: The following sections are at: Cannabis and more. The big picture. On most WeedWiki pages.

See 2024 GMM-420 on Fandom and on Shoutwiki. Cannabis is just one aspect of the drug war. See also: Beyond drug war, debt, and wealth concentration. To single-payer healthcare and progressive taxation.

See articles: Cannabis is safer. And: History of US Republican-led war on cannabis, and their lies about its health effects. Note the Republican states (in the South, for example) in the map below.

Wikipedia: Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction. Note the lack of more progressive cannabis laws in US Republican states (in the South for example). It's not just cannabis prohibition. See many US maps showing the failings of Republican states. And mirror. See MPP article on state CBD/low THC laws. For laws concerning hemp derivatives see: [9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Share link. And mirror.

   Legal for recreational use
   Legal for medical use
   No comprehensive medical program
  ●   Decriminalized

Map reflects laws of states and territories, including laws not in effect yet. Does not reflect federal, tribal, local laws. Map does not show legality (varies by state) of hemp-derived cannabinoids such as CBD or delta-8-THC, which have been legal at federal level since the 2018 Farm Bill. See PNG map (for Facebook).

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GOP War on Poor[edit source]

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And middle class. Since low minimum wage lowers wages above it too.

"Study after study has found that raising minimum wages has a positive effect on employment." - John Driscoll, of Patriotic Millionaires.org - Sep 12, 2024 article. See Facebook: Patriotic Millionaires. And see many maps showing the failings of Republican states. [16] [17].

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Wikipedia: List of US states by minimum wage. $7.25 states are majority Republican in both houses. New Hampshire in Senate only. Get PNG map noting GOP states.
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History of the US federal minimum wage. $13.46 inflation-adjusted peak in 1968. $7.25 an hour now due to Republican filibusters in the US Senate. See Wikimedia GIF chart.

See post with comments from Facebook: Patriotic Millionaires. See Newsweek article with data.

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Republicans like the current slave labor pay for farmworkers. An expanded guest worker program would give them better pay.

US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation. Nov 25, 2024. "Nearly half of the nation's approximately 2 million farm workers lack legal status, ... as well as many dairy and meatpacking workers."

All wealth to top[edit source]

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Trends in the Distribution of Family Wealth, 1989 to 2022. Congressional Budget Office.

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Mean household net worth of the bottom 40% is in the red (in debt). See table 1. Image source. On Commons.

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Robert Reich. Source and comments.

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Tax cuts for rich[edit source]

Return to top. Trump tax proposals. 2024 election. Average tax changes by income group in 2026. From: A Distributional Analysis of Donald Trump’s Tax Plan. Oct 7, 2024. Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

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Republican states[edit source]

Return to top. See: US Republican (GOP) states. It is not just cannabis prohibition. Many maps showing the failings of GOP states. & Mirror. Note the states in the South, for example.

In 2024 presidential election only 2 states voted unanimously red (Republican) or blue (Democrat) by county: Massachusetts and Oklahoma. You can google each of the rankings in the image below, and see that they are correct.

2024 election: Oklahoma map. And: Massachusetts map.

Wikipedia: Maternal mortality in the United States. See PNG map with note.
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Canadian healthcare[edit source]

Save $1.5 trillion yearly[edit source]

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Save $1.5 trillion yearly in the US. Canada spent 11.2 percent of its GDP for total healthcare costs in 2022. US spent 16.6 percent in 2022. 5.4% is the difference. 5.4% of US GDP is $1.5 trillion dollars in 2022. Universal single-payer healthcare savings, and progressive taxation, could pay off the $36 trillion US national debt. Share link.

Canadians are richer, healthier, safer than Americans. Their universal healthcare. Their far lower murder rate due to much lower percentage with handguns. 2.
Country	Median wealth per adult. US dollars.	Healthcare cost per person. US dollars PPP.
Canada	$151,248 (2022)	$6,319 (2022)
USA	$93,271 (2022)	$12,555 (2022)

Country	Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births.	Life expectancy. 2022
Canada	11 (2020)	81.3 years
USA	33 (2021)	77.4 years

Country	Under-5 mortality rate per 1000 live births. 2020	Murder rate per 100,000. 2022
Canada	5.0	2.3
USA	6.3	6.4
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Canada vs US GOP[edit source]

Return to top. Canada has legal recreational and medical cannabis across Canada. Republicans (GOP) block both in US. In Canada the average per-person cost of their single-payer universal healthcare is half that of the US. And Canada has a longer average lifespan. As for the US read a UnitedHealthcare denial horror story. Stats article: "The company dismissed about one in every three claims in 2023 — the most of any major insurer. That's twice the industry average of 16%". See Wikipedia: Medical debt. It's much higher in the US. US Republicans Voted Often to Kill Coverage of Pre-Existing Conditions. [20][21][22].

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Average annual health spending. US dollars (PPP) per person. OECD countries and more.

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Canada compared to US: Legal cannabis nationwide, free universal healthcare, longer average lifespan, more harm reduction, lower overdose rate, much lower murder rate, higher median wealth per adult. Richer, safer, healthier.

Future elections: Vote.org and Vote411.org. Eventually people may realize that voting for Democrats is the only way to raise state and federal minimum wages from $7.25 to at least $15 an hour, regain abortion rights, get expanded Medicaid in the South, and Medicare for All, and flip the Trump tax cuts for the rich (2) back to progressive taxation. Then wealth concentration would be reversed.

Roswell. Warming[edit source]

Carbon-free energy[edit source]

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Share link: Roswell UFO. Much UFO technology has been back engineered, and its carbon-free energy could end global warming. See Stephen Greer (SG) playlist. SG video channels: [23][24][25][26][27]. See his documentary: The Lost Century: And How to Reclaim It. [28][29]. SG witness testimonies: [30][31][32][33]. National Press Club: 2023. 2001. SG documentaries for free: [34][35][36][37] [38][39][40][41] [42][43][44]. JustWatch: [45][46][47] [48][49][50]. And: [51][52][53][54] [55][56][57][58] [59][60][61][62] [63][64][65]. SG's Disclosure Project Intelligence Archive. [66]. See also the David Grusch, David Fravor, and Ryan Graves disclosures at July 26, 2023 House hearing about US possession of aliens, alien bodies, alien craft, and back engineering: [67][68][69][70] [71][72][73][74][75] [76][77][78][79][80][81]. See History channel: [82][83][84] [85][86][87][88]. National Geographic: [89][90][91][92]. See: Bob Lazar and George Knapp. See Rendlesham Forest UFO witness interviews. [93].

See the July 8, 1947 Roswell Daily Record below. Image info. Click image to enlarge. Full-size is readable. See full text of saucer article. [94]. U.S. Army officer Walter Haut issued the initial "flying disk" press release. His 2002 notarized affidavit said there were 2 crash sites, and that he had seen a craft, alien bodies, and handled wreckage material. (see page 14 of pdf). It was released in a 2007 book after his death in 2005. 37 witnesses to the Roswell shape memory foil. [95][96][97] [98][99][100]. Page 54 of Jesse Marcel, Jr. book. Crumple it and it uncrumples without creases. Did not exist in 1947.

July 8, 1947. See JPG page with full text transcribed.

Walter Haut in 1947. See JPG file.

Affidavit is on pages 239-242 of the 2022 edition: Witness to Roswell, 75th Anniversary Edition: Unmasking the Government's Biggest Cover-up (more eyewitnesses). 36 pages previewed in Google Books. Click "preview" button and scroll down to pages 239-240. Search within the book. There is an inexpensive Kindle ebook. Moonwalker Dr. Edgar Mitchell wrote the foreword. The 20 paragraph affidavit is online here: [101] (page 14). [102][103][104][105].

Haut's daughter, Julie Shuster, in 2002, 3 years before his death, "verbally discussed each and every sentence" of the affidavit with him. She said it was not a deathbed confession. See Sept 2007 MUFON UFO Journal. Issue 473. Page 15. And this article from Special Broadcasting Service. Archived. See Julie Shuster on IMDb.

Google search: Walter Haut 2002 Roswell affidavit. Articles about Haut:

30 June 2007: Roswell officer's amazing deathbed admission raises possibility that aliens DID visit. By Nick Pope. Same article also published here and here. Archived here and here.

5 June 2022: Roswell officer's deathbed confession about theory of alien cover up. By Declan Carey. Archived here.

14 May 2021: Ex-Army officer ADMITS he saw ‘alien the size of a 10-year-old child’ after famous Roswell UFO crash in incredible video. By Emma Parry. Archived here. This article has a short excerpt of the video.

May 2021: Roswell Officer Speaks From the Grave: Video Released, Confesses that Alien was "the size of a 10 year old". By Anthony Bragalia. Archived here. From article (emphasis added): "This video clip is part of a memoir video / oral history over two hours in length that covers many personal and professional aspects of Haut's life. The video was taken at the Roswell Museum in 2000 with friends Dennis Balthaser and Wendy Connors."