But the state's code actually applies to obstructing entry on public land. So, not quite. But the rumor sounds a lot like The legend of the police radio code. San Francisco Police have one, but it's for a "juvenile disturbance. So never mind that theory. Then there's That autumn, the five teenagers came into possession of a hand-drawn map supposedly locating a marijuana crop at Point Reyes, north-west of San Francisco.
The friends - who called themselves the Waldos because they used to hang out by a wall - met after school, at pm, and drove off on their treasure hunt. They never found the plot. So did friends and acquaintances, who included - at a couple of steps removed - members of the Grateful Dead rock band.
Bloom says "after about five years," the Waldos story emerged. Which is "about five years" if you're baked.
So it checks out. This one's pretty simple. Oh how nice this would be, to trace the high holiday back to one of the best artists to listen to while engaging in the devil's lettuce. But alas, even though the song was recorded in , well before the Waldos did their thing, it's highly unlikely this is our one true source.
This one's a shut and closed case, too. Although it has been stated that there are "more than chemical compounds" in a cannabis plant, no one ever clearly stated that that number is There are a couple of theories having to do with the police and Congress, too. The first, referring to what police would utter over the radio should they see you buying a baggie, is incorrect.
Unfortunately that radio code is for homicide. The one about Congress? Steven Bloom was wandering through The Lot - that timeless gathering of hippies that springs up in the parking lot before every Grateful Dead concert - when a Deadhead handed him a yellow flyer. Tamalpais," reads the message, which Bloom dug up and forwarded to the Huffington Post. Bloom, then a reporter for High Times magazine and now the publisher of CelebStoner.
The flyer came complete with a back story: " started somewhere in San Rafael, California in the late '70s. It started as the police code for Marijuana Smoking in Progress. After local heads heard of the police call, they started using the expression when referring to herb - Let's Go , dude!
Bloom reported his find in the May issue of High Times, which the magazine found in its archives and provided to the Huffington Post. The story, though, was only partially right. It had nothing to do with a police code -- though the San Rafael part was dead on.
Indeed, a group of five San Rafael High School friends known as the Waldos - by virtue of their chosen hang-out spot, a wall outside the school - coined the term in The Huffington Post spoke with Waldo Steve, Waldo Dave and Dave's older brother, Patrick, and confirmed their full names and identities, which they asked to keep secret for professional reasons. Pot is still, after all, illegal. The Waldos never envisioned that pot smokers the world over would celebrate each April 20th as a result of their foray into the Point Reyes forest.
The day has managed to become something of a national holiday in the face of official condemnation. This year's celebration will be no different. Officials at the University of Colorado at Boulder and University of California, Santa Cruz, which boast two of the biggest smoke outs, are pushing back. But the Cheshire cat is out of the bag. Students and locals will show up at round four, light up at and be gone shortly thereafter. No bands, no speakers, no chants. Just a bunch of people getting together and getting stoned.
The code often creeps into popular culture and mainstream settings. Nearly all of the clocks in the pawn shop scene in "Pulp Fiction," for instance, are set to In , when the California legislature codified the medical marijuana law voters had approved, the bill was named SB California legislative staffers spoken to for this story say that the designation remains a mystery, but that both Leno and the lead Senate sponsor, John Vasconcellos, are hip enough that they must have known what it meant.
If you were involved with SB and know the story, email me. The code pops up in Craig's List postings when fellow smokers search for " friendly" roommates. The Waldos do have proof, however, that they used the term in the early '70s in the form of an old flag and numerous letters with references and early '70s post marks.
They also have a story. It goes like this: One day in the Fall of - harvest time - the Waldos got word of a Coast Guard service member who could no longer tend his plot of marijuana plants near the Point Reyes Peninsula Coast Guard station.
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