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The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever

Happy “Weed Day”!  How 4/20 Became An International Holiday

The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever

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Society & Culture, Relationships, Tv & Film

4.33.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

We’ve all known for years that 4/20 is a day for weed lovers to celebrate and unite in their passion for smoking weed. But do you know how it all came about? There are plenty of competing theories, but we share the actual origins of what’s become an international day of celebrating. We also talk about the impact the rise of weed has had on alcohol sales and just how big and booming the marijuana industry is becoming in this country.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.1

Hey there, folks.

0:07.2

It is Monday, April 20th.

0:10.2

And we're going to get you high today.

0:12.6

And welcome to this episode.

0:14.6

This THC-infused episode of Amy N.T.J.

0:18.7

Happy 420, everybody.

0:23.1

It's not quite officially robes in national holiday, but it's a national holiday.

0:28.4

It's an unofficial international holiday.

0:30.8

I would actually go so far as to say, yeah, it's people just are now saying happy weed day.

0:36.1

That's kind of how people roll now on these more modern 420s. It wasn't always like that. But it also was not, do I have a right, robes? It wasn't about the date. It was about a time. And now this thing has evolved. Do I have that right? Do most people even know that? So you don't have to wait in once a year for 420 to celebrate.

0:56.4

Oh, no, no, no, no. Every day at 420 in the afternoon, you're supposed to celebrate this.

1:02.2

So that became the basically the accepted time where it's okay to start smoking pot.

1:08.7

But the origins are really interesting because I had no idea how

1:13.6

420 came about. Obviously, I've become aware of it, but maybe later than most to figuring out that

1:19.0

this was the day where people around the world celebrate the smoking of marijuana and at 420 on 420 the world is united in their love of pot and what is the

1:32.5

what is the what what's the right terminology these days for marijuana because it comes as you can

1:40.9

smoke it you got gummies you got all this other stuff but you just said pot and it sounded like an old. Yeah, because I am old. And that's what we used to call it back in the day. So what is it? What is it now? Is it? Weed, marijuana. Sometimes people say, I need my THC. Edibles. Yeah. There's a lot of different ways to describe it because there's a lot of different forms it comes in now.

2:02.0

Obviously, back when we were young, it was people would roll joints and that was just marijuana came in that form.

2:08.8

Now, obviously, we've got edibles.

2:10.6

We've got THC infused drinks and products.

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