{"id":3238,"date":"2021-06-17T11:29:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T00:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2021-06-17T14:07:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T03:37:01","slug":"why-is-420-associated-with-all-things-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/why-is-420-associated-with-all-things-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is 420 associated with all things \u2018bad\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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1. In India, the number 420 is slang (<\/span>char sau bees<\/span><\/em>) for a fraudster or someone dishonest.<\/span><\/li>\n
2. The slang comes from the\u00a0<\/span>Indian Penal Code, Section 420<\/span><\/a>, which deals with c<\/span>heating, and was likely popularised by the Indian cinema with movies such as Shri 420<\/a> and various others where dodgy characters were referred to as 420.<\/li>\n
3. The maximum punishment awarded under this section is imprisonment for a term of 7 years and a fine.<\/span><\/li>\n
4. Section 420 also exists in the penal codes of Pakistan, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.<\/span><\/li>\n
5. This is because the penal codes of these countries inherited from the Indian Penal Code of 1860 instituted by the colonial government of British India.<\/span><\/li>\n
6. Globally also, 420 doesn\u2019t seem to have any socially acceptable connotations.<\/span><\/li>\n
7. 420, i.e., 4\/20 = April 20, is when pot smokers worldwide come together to smoke pot.<\/span><\/li>\n
8. Legend has it that in the early 1970s, some kids at a high school in San Rafael, California, got together at 4:20 (after school) to smoke pot.<\/span><\/li>\n
9. The ritual grew in popularity, and eventually, 420 became a code for smoking marijuana.<\/span><\/li>\n
10. Soon, 420 was converted into 4\/20 for calendar purposes, and the marijuana day or weed day was born.<\/span><\/li>\n
11. There are several other theories<\/a> as well on how 4\/20 became known as the marijuana day.<\/li>\n
12. Today, this day is celebrated enthusiastically, especially in places where marijuana has been\u00a0<\/span>legalised<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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