Why is 420 the designated time and date for pot lovers everywhere to blow down? According to Snopes.com, it doesn’t have anything to do with marijuana-related penal codes, special dates in weed history or to mark the deaths of famous potheads. It’s simply slang passed on from a high school in California to members of the Grateful Dead, who then passed it on to writers at High Times magazine. But at the end of the day, who gives a shit? We’re all gonna celebrate anyways!