What started as a way to discreetly give a shout out to smoking weed, has evolved into a cultural phenomenon. We’re talking about 4/20.
According to legend, a few high school students in San Rafael, California used the term 4:20 to refer to the time they planned on getting together to smoke some herb after school. It’s believed they chose 4:20 because all five were student athletes and extracurricular activities usually wrapped up by then.
Then due to their connections with members of the Grateful Dead, use of the term spread across the country and around the world. No longer did the term only refer to a time to smoke, but also an entire day (4/20) devoted to celebrating cannabis and cannabis culture.

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The History of 420
How Will You Choose to Celebrate 4/20 This Year?
Some people commemorate 4/20 by smoking a little herb and going to a concert or music festival. Others choose to get together with friends to enjoy some cannabis infused edibles or drinks and perhaps watch a movie.
Whether you plan on celebrating with friends or on your own, the options are virtually endless when it comes to fun things you can do on 4/20. To help you narrow it down, we’ve compiled a list of 420 things you can do on 4/20.
But before we get to the list, we just want to remind you that you should only consume cannabis on 4/20 if local laws and regulations allow it. And, whatever you do, do not try to drive or operate heavy machinery after consuming. With that said, let’s get to the list.
Fun things to Do While High
- Clean Your Glasswares – like your Pipes and Bongs.
- Go to Taco Bell.
- Have an existential crisis.
- Talk to your dog.
- Take a full gram dab.
- Look at yourself in the mirror and question your existence. Ask yourself: Am I real?
- Give yourself bangs.
- Make all your friends matching bracelets.
- Bake some edibles using cannabutter.
- Cut each individual blade of grass with scissors.
- Text your grandma and tell her you love her.
- Try to lick your elbow.
- Decline people’s calls.
- Overpay for uber eats.
- Fall down a hole of conspiracy theories and wonder if everything you’ve learned is a lie.
- Explore nature.
- Cartwheel in front of the Gateway Arch.
- Try to pronounce supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
- Forget what you were just doing.
- Doodle.
- Try to touch your tongue to your nose.
- Get a massage.
- Mix a Mocktail.
- Realign your chakras.
- Vlog your day.
- Donate to a charity.
- Set up a blanket and stargaze.
- Break up with your boyfriend.
- Break up with your girlfriend.
- Go to Double Blinker City.
- Bark at the next person you see.
- Roll a cross joint – or a regular joint.
- Play with the wax from your Mini BabybelⓇ Cheese.
- Go to the zoo.
- Make a vision board.
- Do a DIY project.
- Use Feng shui principles to rearrange your furniture.
- Take the Myers-Briggs personality test.
- Learn to hold a handstand for at least 10 seconds.
- Scream into the void.
- Send a friend request to your old teacher on Facebook.
- Learn how to cook something new.
- Go to Antarctica and become one with the penguins.
- Paint a self portrait.
- Update your resume.
- Have breakfast for dinner.
- Learn all the words to We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel.
- Go LARPing.
- Take a bubble bath.
- Touch grass.
- See how long you can hold your breath. But like … don’t suffocate.
- Listen to smooth jazz.
- Find a penny with heads facing up.
Movies to Watch While High
- Brokeback Mountain
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Step Brothers
- Moana
- Planet Earth
- Avatar
- Reefer Madness
- Snakes on a Plane
- Swamp Thing
- Bullet Train
- Sorry to Bother You
- Twilight Series
- The Hunger Games Trilogy
- Sky High
- Zoom: Academy for Superheroes
- Our Planet
- Fantasia
- Epic
- Fight Club
- Pink Floyd: The Wall
- French Dispatch
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Moonrise Kingdom
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- A Field in England
- Easy Rider
- The Congress
- Yellow Submarine
- Fantastic Planet
- Samsara
- The Holy Mountain
- Doctor Strange
- The Wizard of Oz
- Walking Life
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- The Matrix
- Fantasia
- Fantasia 2000
- The Color of Pomegranates
- Loving Vincent
- The Fountain
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Brazil
- The NeverEnding Story
- Human
- Labyrinth
- Tommy
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Eraserhead
- Spirited Away
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Howl’s Moving Castle
- Ponyo
- Kiki’s Delivery Service
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Blade Runner
- The Fifth Element
- Tron
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- 12 Monkeys
- Beetlejuice
- Melancholia
- Coraline
- Akira
- Being John Malkovich
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Donnie Darko
- Requiem for a Dream
- Princess Mononoke
- Trainspotting
- Mr. Nobody
- Interstellar
- The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
- Wonderwall
- The Point
- James and the Giant Peach
- Across the Universe
- Solaris
- Barbarella
- They Live
- The Truman Show
- Memento
Funniest Movies to Watch While High
- Kung Fury
- Friday
- Kung-Pow
- List
- Grandma’s Boy
- Half Baked
- High School Musical
- Pineapple Express
- The Is the End
- Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
- Cats The Musical
- Sharknado 1-5
- Tropic Thunder
- Dazed and Confused
- Beavis & Butthead Do America
- How High
- The Big Lebowski
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
- Black Dynamite
- Ted
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny
- Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke
- Super Troopers
- Airplane
- Dude, Where’s My Car?
- The Hangover
- Soul Plane
- Austin Powers trilogy
- Superbad
- Jackass 1-8
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- American Pie
- Pootie Tang
- Meet the Parents
- Wayne’s World
- The Wedding Singer
- Zoolander
- Hot Rod
Scary Movies to Watch While High
- Evil Dead 2
- Inception
- The Birds
- Cabin in the Woods
- Poltergeist
- Enter The Void
- The Mist
- Scary Movie 1-7
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Hush
- Black Swan
- Strange Wilderness
- American Psycho
- The Ring
- Signs
- Jeepers Creepers
- The Exorcist
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Children of the Corn
- The Shining
- Scream
- Christine
- The Strangers
- The Purge
- A Quiet Place
- Ouija
- Sinister
- It
- Smile
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Evil Dead
Best Songs to Listen to While High
- Black and Yellow – Wiz Khalifa (ft. Snoop Dogg, Juicy J, and T-Pain)**
- Because I Got High – Afroman
- Zaza and Some Runtz (Smoke Break) – Terry Presume
- Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 – Bob Dylan
- Legalize It – Peter Tosh
- Hits From The Bong – Cypress Hill
- Got 5 On It – Luniz featuring Michael Marshall
- Marijuana – Kid Cudi
- Crumblin’ Erb – OutKast
- How High – Redman
- Moonlight Sonata – Ludwig van Beethoven
- Smoke Two Joints – Sublime
- Midnight at the Oasis – Maria Muldaur
- Sweet Leaf – Black Sabbath
- Blueberry Yum Yum – Ludacris
- Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Purple Swag – A$AP Rocky
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles
- The Four Seasons – Antonio Vivaldi
- Bong Song – Butthole Surfers
- How to Roll a Blunt – Redman
- Hash Pipe – Weezer
- Broccoli – Big Baby D.R.A.M.
- High by the Beach – Lana Del Rey
- L$D – A$AP Rocky
- Divine Music – Smoke DZA**
- Enjoy Right Now, Today – Tyler, The Creator
- Symphony No. 5 – Ludwig van Beethoven
- 4’33 – John Cage
- One Step Beyond – Madness
- Revolution #9 – The Beatles
- Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones
- Riot – Earl Sweatshirt
- Fried Day – Bizzy Bones
- Pack The Pipe – The Pharcyde
- Dr. Greenthumb – Cypress Hill
- Meat Grinder – Madvillain, Madlib, MF DOOM
- America’s Most Blunted – Madvillain, Madlib, MF DOOM, Quasimoto
- 4:20 – Method Man, Streetlife, Carlton Fisk
- Where is the Bud – Three Six Mafia
- Marijuana – Chrome Sparks
- Smokin Out The Window – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
- Fire on the Mountain – Grateful Dead
- Cbat – Hudson Mohawke
- Express Yourself – N.W.A.
- Africa – Toto
- In Da Club – 50 Cent
- Get Lucky – Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams
- Under Pressure – Queen and David Bowie
- Bam Bam – Sister Nancy
- California Love – Tupac featuring Dr. Dre
- Power of Soul – Jimi Hendrix
- Tennessee Whiskey – T Pain
- Notorious Thugs – The Notorious B.I.G. ft. Bone Thugs and Harmony
- 6 Foot 7 Foot – Lil Wayne
- Atomic Vomit – Steve Lacy
- Greatness – Quavo
- A Horse with No Name – America
- 435 – Tyler, The Creator
- Untitled 08 – Kendrick Lamar
- Fire – Jimi Hendrix
- Los Mandados – Vicente Fernandez
- Kool Thing – Sonic Youth
- Blowin’ Minds – A$AP MOB
- Purp – Kodak Black
- Huey – Earl Sweatshirt
- Institutionalized – Kendrick Lamar
- Shine – Chevy Woods (ft. Wiz Khaalifa & Lola Monroe)**
- 20 Joints – Berner**
- Lets Get Stoned – Sublime
- The Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix
- Kaya – Bob Marley
- Devastated – Joey Bada$$**
Foods to Eat While High
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch
- Sour Cream and Onion Ritz Crackers
- String Cheese
- Crab Rangoon
- Ramen
- Gushers
- Tater Tots
- Powdered Donuts
- Dino Nuggets
- Quesadilla
- Cosmic Brownies
- Marshmallow Fluff
- S’mores
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Pizza Rolls
- Lunchables
- Cookie Dough
- Entenmann’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Little Bites Muffins
- Taquitos
- Mini BabybelⓇ Cheese (with the wax)
- Loaded Fries
- Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream
- Hot Pockets
- Philly Cheese Steak
- Trolli Sour Worms
- STROMBOLI
Best TV Shows to Watch While High
- South Park
- Workaholics
- Rick & Morty
- Family Guy
- American Dad
- King of the Hill
- Beavis & Butthead
- Bob’s Burgers
- The Simpsons
- The Eric Andre Show
- Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
- Catfish
- Midnight Gospel
- Adventure Time
- Things We Do in the Shadows
- Law & Order: SVU
- Superbro
- Trailer Park Boys
- Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- The Mandalorian
- That 70’s Show
- Black Mirror
- Weeds
- Ancient Aliens
- Drunk History
- Solar Opposites
- Gravity Falls
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Adventure Time
- Cowboy Bebop
- Archer
- Power Rangers
- Powerpuff Girls
- Pokemon
- The Twilight Zone
- Dragon Ball Z
- Planet Earth
- Blue Planet
- Futurama
- Reno 911
- Portlandia
- Wilfred
- Mighty Boosh
- Twin Peaks
- The X-Files
- Getting Doug with High
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Broad City
- Nathan for You
- Mob Psycho
- Bojack Horseman
- Breaking Bad
- Narcos
- Love Island
- All Creatures Great and Small
- Tim & Eric Bedtime Stories
- Arrested Development
- Nailed It
- The Venture Bros
- Parks and Recreation
- The Office
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Letterkenny
- Chappelle Show
- Storage Wars
- Lucha Underground
- The Joy of Painting
- Seinfeld
- Frasier
- Friends
- Freaks and Geeks
Games to Play While High
- Magic: The Gathering
- Water Polo
- Man Hunt
- Scrabble
- Mario Kart
- Mario Party
- Candy Crush
- Cards Against Humanity
- Hide & Seek
- Goat Simulator
- Any Wii Console Game
- Animal Crossing
- Crop Defender
- Mighty Mites
- Mario 64, specifically on the Nintendo DS
- Pacman in honor of the Munchies
- Chess
- Minecraft
- Google Chrome DinoJump
- Squid Games
- The Most Dangerous Game
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- Golden Eye
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Google “Bloom Medicinals Best Dispensary”
- Temple Run
- Curling
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Operation
- Candy Land
- Connect 4
- Sorry!
- Trouble
- Guitar Hero
- Dance Dance Revolution