420

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 39.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The Colorado Department of Transportation says the 420 mile markers on the state's highways were stolen so often, they had to replace them with 419.99 mile markers. Many people know that "420" represents marijuana - hence the popularity of the mile markers - but very few know why. It's not a police code, it's not the number of chemical compounds in cannabis, and it's certainly not Bob Marley's birthday. Today on the show, we try to find the real story and in the process meet Steve Capper and Dave Reddix who, as high schoolers, followed a treasure map in search of the illicit crop. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	So what these are, they're mile marker marker signs and there's not a lot of roads, frankly, around
1:05.9	the state that get to a 420 mile marker.
1:09.1	You know, that you've got to have a long highway that can really go across a state to get to a 420 and we have a
1:14.4	couple in Colorado and so consequently those signs kept getting targeted
1:18.3	especially if people are coming in Kansas and into Colorado was sort of
1:22.3	right off the beaten path there and people like to
1:24.4	yank it and take it home as a momento and especially so if it was a Colorado 425.
1:29.9	This is Amy Ford.
1:31.2	She's with the Colorado Department of Transportation. The department has been
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