Drew Wyman talks with friends while they visited Farrand Field to see what was going on for 4/20 on the University of Colorado Boulder campus Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in Boulder, Colo. Public consumption remains illegal under the state's recreational pot law, which was passed in 2012. Fans of the drug have long marked April 20 as a day to enjoy pot - especially at 4:20 p.m. - and to call for increased legal access to it. (Autumn Parry/Daily Camera via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Latest on a gathering in San Francisco to celebrate marijuana smoking (all times local):
7:30 p.m.
Thousands sent up a cheer and a collective plume of marijuana smoke at the stroke of 4:20 p.m. Wednesday in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
They gathered at the park's "Hippie Hill" to toke up, eat and drink the afternoon away into the night.
A plane dragging a banner encouraging attendees to "smoke weed" circled overhead, while unlicensed vendors set up tables and makeshift tents to sell all types and strains of bud, not to mention T-shirts, pipes and food.
This year's celebrations of all things marijuana throughout the U.S. come amid loosening restrictions and increasing tolerance for the plant's use from Alaska to Massachusetts.
Fans of the drug have long marked April 20 as a day to roll weed or munch on pot-laced brownies and call for increased legal access to it.
Destiny Sneed smokes marijuana during the annual 4/20 marijuana gathering at Civic Center Park in downtown Denver, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Public consumption remains illegal under the state's recreational pot law, which was passed in 2012, but police mostly looked on as a cloud of marijuana smoke rose above the crowd. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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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, and call for increased legal access to it. This year's celebrations throughout the U.S. come amid loosening of marijuana restrictions and increasing tolerance for the plant's use from Alaska to Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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A man smokes marijuana during the annual 4/20 marijuana gathering at Civic Center Park in downtown Denver, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Shane Kinoshita from San Francisco smokes marijuana in Golden Gate Park in the area unofficially known as "Hippy Hill" in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. People descended on the park to smoke pot for the annual 4/20 celebration, in what may be the last year marijuana is illegal in California. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
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Natalie Rice, left, kisses her new husband Lee Rice beneath a canopy of faux marijuana plants during a ceremony at the Cannabis Chapel, Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in Las Vegas. Natalie and Lee Rice were the first couple to marry at the marijuana themed wedding chapel, which opened Wednesday. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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William Ealy from Richmond, Calif., smokes in Golden Gate Park in the area unofficially known as "Hippy Hill" in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. People descended on the park to smoke pot for the annual 4/20 celebration, in what may be the last year marijuana is illegal in California. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
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Jade Seitz, from South Lake Tahoe, Calif., hula hoops in Golden Gate Park in the area unofficially known as "Hippy Hill" in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. In what may be the last year pot is illegal in California, thousands of people are expected to converge on San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Wednesday for the annual 4/20 marijuana holiday. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
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Customers buy products at the Harvest Medical Marijuana Dispensary in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. In what may be the last year pot is illegal in California, thousands of people are expected to converge on San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Wednesday for the annual 4/20 marijuana holiday. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
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