{"id":1317,"date":"2024-04-18T23:53:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/translash.org\/2024\/04\/18\/420-day-and-the-cannabis-industry-a-translash-guide\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T18:11:19","slug":"420-day-and-the-cannabis-industry-a-translash-guide","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/translash.org\/resources\/420-day-and-the-cannabis-industry-a-translash-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"420 and the Cannabis Industry: a Trans-Affirming Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Daniela \u201cDani\u201d Capistrano and Oliver Whitney<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cannabis is an incredible gift for so many reasons\u2014and  you don\u2019t have to get high to tap into the blessings. On 4\/20<\/a> and beyond, cannabis can offer an array of benefits<\/a> from managing pain and physical ailments to helping with sleep disorders<\/a>, from supporting creativity<\/a> to providing mental health relief<\/a>. Check out our trans-affirming guide to cannabis below and have a great 420!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cannabis researcher checking a cannabis flower in a lab farm greenhouse. | Image credit: iStock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

420: What You Need to Know<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In 1971, five teens in San Rafael, California, used the term “4:20” while coming up with a plan to find an abandoned cannabis crop, based on a treasure map made by the grower. High Times<\/a><\/em>  popularized the story of the Waldos and the term eventually reached the mainstream through Grateful Dead followers after a roadie named Reddix<\/a> called for 4:20 pm to be the socially accepted time of the day to consume cannabis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cannabis Action Network<\/a>, a reform organization associated with High Times<\/em>, is often credited for associating the date April 20 and 420 with political and cultural protest, organizing rallies on that date and assisting other groups in setting up other events. Since then, April 20 has become an international counter-culture holiday based on the celebration and consumption of cannabis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vivian McPeak, a founder of Seattle’s Hempfest<\/a>, states that 4\/20 is “half celebration and half call to action.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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