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Some Celebrate National Weed Day in US

National Weed Day What it is: The day -- April 20 -- when tens of thousands of people are expected to publicly enjoy marijuana while calling for increased legal access to it. What does "420" have to do with it? According the Huffington Post, the term dates to the early 1970s, when a group of friends in San Rafael, California would agree to meet after school -- at 4:20 p.m. -- to smoke marijuana, also called pot. It has morphed into people gathering on April 20 to enjoy the...

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