Saturday, April 20, or 4/20, is the annual high holiday dedicated to smoking and consuming cannabis. In honor of the day, Ike’s Love and Sandwiches, which has more than two dozen Bay Area locations, will offer a “THC Sandwich.”
In this case, the THC stands for “turkey, honey and Cheetos” — not tetrahydrocannabinol, the principal psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant, responsible for most of marijuana’s psychological and groovy effects. Ike’s take on THC includes sliced turkey, real honey, Flaming Hot Cheetos and melted cheddar cheese sandwiched between Dutch crunch rolls. Vegan turkey is also available for those who eschew meat.
Should you choose to eat said sandwich while blitzed out on the kind bud, Ike’s also delivers via its app. (Remember, driving while stoned is as illegal as it is dangerous.) The THC sandwich will be available until the end of May.
The sandwich is also in collaboration with Irvine-based Weedmaps, which, as it sounds, is an online marketplace for purchasing cannabis-related products, finding local dispensaries and other kind bud-related needs.
Marijuana use is commonly associated with hunger pangs (also known as “munchies”). In simple terms, tetrahydrocannabinol stimulates the part of the brain that influences appetite hence a person’s desire for salty, sweet or carbohydrate-heavy foods. Medical marijuana is also used to combat appetite loss in cancer patients suffering from nausea and vomiting during treatment.
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In November 2016, Proposition 64, known as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, passed in a narrow vote, effectively legalizing the use, sale, and growing of recreational marijuana in California for people 21 and over. Despite its legalization, the last known Californian to be released from prison for a federal medical cannabis charge happened in 2023; Luke Scarmazzo was set free after spending nearly 15 years behind bars for operating a medical cannabis dispensary in the Central Valley.
While debunked lore claims 4/20 got its name from either a police code for marijuana or a Bob Dylan song, the unofficial high holiday of 4/20 was christened by a group of students at San Rafael High School in 1971 who, in a failed effort to find a weed patch, would meet every day at 4:20 p.m. before their search. They started using “420” as code for “let’s get high” and the rest is dank history.
