"Some students said the tragedy could have been worse had it not been a “senior skip day.” The day is known in circles as “4-20” – when students around the country skipped school to smoke marijuana. Aside from it having been April 20, the police code for a drug bust in Los Angeles is also 4-20. “This is the big day for (smoking marijuana),” said Columbine student Jason Greer, 16. Many students were aware of the day’s significance, and many chose not to attend school Tuesday. “I can’t believe something like this would happen at Columbine,” said Joyce Oglesbee, mother of senior Tara Oglesbee. “It’s a topclass school, preppy and perfect. We haven’t even had a senior prank.”"
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Mark Obmascik, High School shooting leaves 15 dead, 28 hurt", The Denver Post, 21 April 1999, republished online on 21 April 2019
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