Stoners ♥ Milepost 420

You won’t find it in Washington anymore. Idaho either. The mile marker, popular among stoners for its drug culture double-entendre, gets stolen so frequently that highway crews now are replacing it with a less-tempting designation: milepost 419.9. “It was a decision we made based on what was happening,” Idaho Transportation Department spokesman Adam Rush said of that state’s recent switch to the 419.9 signs. Over the past year alone, Idaho has had to replace two of the 420 signs along U.S. Highway 95 just south of Coeur d’Alene, and officials worried the rate of thefts could worsen. The number “420” has long been a popular subculture code for marijuana, though there are differing explanations for why/ David Wasson , SR. More here .