Puff puff pass: Stoners light it up to mark National Weed Day

A man smokes marijuana during an annual 4/20 rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, April 20, 2016. (REUTERS)

Updated on: Apr 21, 2016 11:31 PM IST

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A man smokes marijuana during an annual 4/20 rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, April 20, 2016. (REUTERS)

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Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts gather on "Hippie Hill" in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park to light up joints, pipes and bongs in celebration of the annual but informal cannabis holiday. (REUTERS)

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A vendor sells pot as thousands of people gather at 4/20 celebrations on April 20, 2016 at Sunset Beach in Vancouver, Canada. (AFP Photo)

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420, or National Weed Day, is usually marked by marijuana enthusiasts across the globe by large public gatherings and the consumption of weed. (AFP Photo)

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The Vancouver 4/20 boasts the world's only open-air public cannabis farmer's market where people sell all kinds of cannabis and cannabis-oils. (AFP Photo)

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Activist Ray Turmel holds a bag of medical marijuana while he smokes a joint in Toronto. 420 has been increasingly used to protest for legalising weed. (REUTERS)

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A man smokes a marijuana joint at a party celebrating weed Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in Seattle. Fans of the drug have long marked April 20 as a day to roll weed or munch on pot-laced brownies. (AP Photo)

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Canadian Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says Canada will roll out the legislation in the spring of 2017 to begin the process of legalizing and regulating marijuana. (AFP Photo)

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A gathered crowd smokes marijuana en masse during the annual 4/20 marijuana gathering at Civic Center Park in downtown Denver, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. (AP Photo)

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Marijuana magazine High Times says the concept of 4/20 originated in the early 1970s, as a group of teenagers in the US city of San Rafael used it as a code to gather after school and smoke the drug. (REUTERS)