4/20 is a great time to be a CBD shopper!
April 20th has become widely recognized as a day to celebrate all things cannabis, including CBD (with great CBD sales!). There are several versions of the origin story of 4/20, but it seems likely that it started in 1971 with a group of pot-smoking California high school kids.
Regardless of its beginnings, it is now a cultural phenomenon. For us at CBDtop10, it is a day to watch our emails and messages for all the CBD sales and offers from CBD brands. For you, it’s a great day to save on the CBD products you use and enjoy.
Here are the CBD sales we have scouted out for you so far:
Bluebird Botanicals 50% off sitewide. Code CBDTOP10
Receptra Naturals up to 40% off sitewide
NuLeaf Naturals 30% off sitewide. Code SPRINGSAVINGS
WNC CBD 40% off sitewide. Code 420SPECIAL.
Kat’s Naturals overstock sale. 40% off of overstock items and 15% off sitewide. Code 420CBD.
Pure Hemp Botanicals: 20% Off 3000mg Pure Balance Full Spectrum Tinctures and Softgels and 30% off stress support products.
Hemp Fusion 30% off Energy Caps. Code ENERGY30
Joy Organics 20% off sitewide. Code spring20.
Tommy Chong’s 30% off. Code TOMMY420.
Just Live CBD 42% off. Code 420CBD.
Secret Nature 25% off sitewide. Code 420.
Vapor.com 20% off sitewide. Code VAPOR420.
Cheef Botanicals BOGO sale. Code 420DAY
Hometown Hero has a remarkable 10-piece bundle of gummies, oils, and flower, plus a grinder. Usually priced at $420, today you get the whole bundle for $220.
Many of these sales are only offered today, so don’t dawdle. Check our Twitter feed throughout the day – there are sure to be more sale announcements!
The beginnings
Now back to those high school kids. According to Larry “Ratso” Sloman, author of Reefer Madness: A History of Marijuana, this group of friends would meet at 4:20 to smoke some weed after school. One of them had a brother who was friends with Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead’s bassist. Eventually, the high school kids were smoking weed with the Dead, and their 4/20 catch phrase passed into counter culture usage.
For decades, the 4/20 message remained low key. Marijuana smokers used it as a sort of code, while most people were probably oblivious to its meaning. Gradually, however, it seeped into the consciousness of a wider audience and became a commonly recognized concept of marijuana usage.
Broadening the Base
From those early days of sneaking around to get high, 4/20 has expanded to become a broader, more benign cultural phenomenon. Today it is widely recognized by the general population and understood to represent a celebration of the cannabis plant and all that we use it for.
As more and more states legalize marijuana, it seems inevitable that federal legalization is not far off. Marijuana has come far from the days of kids sneaking joints and jazz musicians finding inspiration. Today it is not just for recreational use, although that is of course a common and mostly accepted use. Marijuana is also recognized for its reputed medicinal properties and is prescribed by medical professionals for pain relief and other uses.
Indeed, marijuana has come far from the days when the absurd film “Reefer Madness” was shown to school kids as anti-drug propaganda. The stigma that went along with cannabis was widespread and deeply ingrained. It took decades for people to gradually understand that this was an amazing plant with many useful properties.
Getting Down to Business
Anytime something catches the public imagination, you can bet that the business world will take notice and seek to become part of the trend. So it is with cannabis. From the sketchy head shops of the 1970s, commercial involvement in cannabis has developed to include family farmers, industrial growers, medical dispensaries, retail stores in legal states, and on and on.
The whole 4/20 phenomenon has become something of an observed holiday, and businesses love to ride the wave of popularity. The day is greeted by numerous sales and offers designed to catch the eye of the public and move product for the business making the offers.
CBD Sales and 4/20
CBD has been a major part of the growing acceptance of cannabis. It has burst onto the scene and captured the public’s attention because of the potential health benefits that many believe it possesses. These days, CBD is legal and widely available in a number of forms. On 4/20, these CBD products are offered at a big discount by the companies and growers that produce them.
Here at CBDtop10, we love to make our readers aware of the great discounts they can find on 4/20 and other special days. CBD brands are anxious to stand out and to grab your attention, so they offer some pretty great deals to try to win your loyalty.
Take advantage of 4/20! Stock up on your favorite brand. Try some other products – gummies, or creams, or capsules – that you might not have sprung for at full price. Curious about CBD flower? Today could be your day to pick some up for a song.
If you don’t see something to your liking in the list of sales above, check our Twitter feed throughout the day – there are sure to be more sale announcements!
By Ron Roberts
Managing Partner, CBDtop10 LLC
Hemp Advocate
April 20, 2021
