Stoners from around the United States and Canada are celebrating 420 day after ten American states legalized recreational weed and another 14 decriminalized the drug.
Pot heads attended huge public events in Denver, Colorado, San Francisco, California and the National Cannabis Festival in Washington, DC to puff up in unison.
Other smokers posted their celebrations online as marijuana users celebrated their love of the drug on April 20.
Ten US states and Washington DC have legalized recreational marijuana, with many more decriminalizing.
Stoners have for decades celebrated their love of the drug on this day, but the once counter-culture celebration that was all about getting stoned now is so mainstream Corporate America is starting to embrace it.
Stoners from around the U.S. and Canada are celebrating 4/20 day after ten American states legalized recreational weed and another 14 decriminalized the drug. An inflatable shaped like a joint is tossed above the crowd in Vancouver, British Columbia
Budtender CJ Raye prepares Marijuana samples at the Welcome to Cannacity - 'She's Smokin' Event on Saturday in California
Thousands of stoners from around the US are celebrating 420 day after ten states legalized recreational weed
A woman smokes during the annual 420 marijuana celebration in Vancouver, British Columbia on Saturday
Marijuana users have for decades celebrated their love of the drug on April 20, including this woman in Vancouver Saturday
Instagram user @shawn_chimney celebrates 420 Day on April 20, 2019 in Brooklyn. Marijuana normalization has snowballed since 2012, when Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize recreational use
Instagram user @thehospitality206 celebrates 420 Day in Los Angeles. Medical marijuana is now legal in two-thirds of the states, with conservative-leaning Utah and Oklahoma among recent additions
In Canada, it marked the first 420 Day since the country legalized recreational pot at the end of last year.
April 20 is an annual holiday celebrated by marijuana enthusiasts across the US and around the world.
Though the origins of '420' as numerical code for smoking marijuana are fuzzy and disputed, some believe it originated with a group of high school friends in 1970s California, who would meet up at 4.20pm to smoke weed after classes.
On Saturday, Lyft offered a $4.20 credit on a single ride in Colorado and in select cities in the U.S. and Canada.
Carl's Jr. is using a Denver restaurant to market a hamburger infused with CBD, a non-intoxicating molecule found in cannabis that many believe is beneficial to their health.
Marijuana normalization has snowballed since 2012, when Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize recreational use. Eight more followed, including California, Oregon and Michigan.
Medical marijuana is now legal in two-thirds of the states, with conservative-leaning Utah and Oklahoma among recent additions.
Meantime, the CBD market has exploded. CBD oil can be found in candies, coffee and other food, drinks and dietary supplements, along with perfume, lotions, creams and soap. Proponents say CBD helps with pain, anxiety and inflammation, though limited scientific research supports those claims.
U.S. retail sales of cannabis products jumped to $10.5 billion last year, a threefold increase from 2017, according to data from Arcview Group, a cannabis investment and market research firm. The figures do not include retail sales of hemp-derived CBD products.
