Editing 420 (cannabis culture) (section)

===Stolen signs===
{{Further|Street sign theft}}
In the US, signs bearing the number 420 have been frequently stolen. In Colorado, the [[Colorado Department of Transportation]] replaced the Mile Marker 420 sign on [[I-70]] east of Denver with one reading 419.99 in an attempt to stop the thievery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/11/colorado-changes-sign-thieves/4435753/|title=State alters 420 MM sign to thwart thieves |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref> The Colorado DOT usually will not replace signs that are repeatedly taken, but began the practice of replacing further down the road after "[[69 (sex position)|69]]" mile marker signs were frequently stolen—these were replaced with "68.5 mile" ones.<ref name=MF/> The [[Idaho Department of Transportation]] (ITD) replaced the mile marker 420 sign on [[U.S. Route 95 in Idaho|U.S. Highway 95]], just south of [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho|Coeur d'Alene]], with mile marker 419.9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/idaho/2015/08/18/idaho-replaces-mile-marker-420-with-4199-to-thwart-stoners/31928433/|title=Idaho replaces mile marker 420 with 419.9 to thwart stoners|work=[[KTVB]]|access-date=August 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820184544/http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/idaho/2015/08/18/idaho-replaces-mile-marker-420-with-4199-to-thwart-stoners/31928433/|archive-date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> The [[Washington State Department of Transportation]] implemented similar measures,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/us/washington-highway-sign-420.html|title=Washington State Wants to Stop Theft of Mile 420 Signs. Its Solution? Mile 419.9.|last=Jacobs|first=Julia|date=January 12, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 13, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> but only replaced one of the two 420 signs in the state, with the remaining one being subsequently stolen.<ref name=MF>{{cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/67576/stoners-keep-stealing-420-mile-markers-so-some-states-have-replaced-them-4199|title=Stoners Keep Stealing 420 Mile Markers, So Some States Have Replaced Them With 419.9|author=Keyser, Hannah|website=[[Mental Floss]]|date=August 20, 2015|access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref> According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', there are eleven 420 mile markers in the US, after three replacements and one stolen and not replaced.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/20/a-map-of-the-remaining-420-mile-markers-in-the-u-s|title=A map of the remaining 420-mile markers in the U.S.|author=Ingraham, Christopher|newspaper=Washington Post|date=August 20, 2015|access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref> In [[Goodhue County, Minnesota]], officials have changed "420&nbsp;St" street signs to "42x&nbsp;St".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/after-deadline-county-finds-fix-for-missing-signs/article_b88939fb-3c91-5523-b41e-a3b6c2dff8e4.html|title=County finds fix for missing 420 signs|work=[[Post-Bulletin]]|date=July 20, 2015 |access-date=July 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430012124/http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/after-deadline-county-finds-fix-for-missing-signs/article_b88939fb-3c91-5523-b41e-a3b6c2dff8e4.html|archive-date=April 30, 2017}}</ref> The mile marker 420 sign on [[U.S. Route 89 in Utah|U.S. Route 89]], the only 420 marker in the state of [[Utah]], is frequently stolen.<ref>{{cite news|title=Officials say theft of '420' road signs no laughing matter|date=August 26, 2015|author=Kelly Keiter|publisher=[[KSTU]]|location=Salt Lake City|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/10/washington-taxpayers-pay-price-stolen-420-69-road-signs/2544449002/}}</ref>