Saturday is April 20. Which means it’s “Weed Day” for some people — and a now-annual traffic enforcement effort locally.
Local law enforcement is part of a multi-state traffic enforcement effort to spot impaired drivers and all other traffic violations. The effort also includes an emphasis on suspicious people.
Emporia Police will have four extra officers working overtime this weekend, while Lyon County deputies will rely on existing on-duty personnel Saturday.
There are several explanations for how April 20 became Weed Day, including 420 being police code for marijuana use in progress or a group of several California high school students using that time to hang out after class and smoke pot in the early 1970s.
