SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Thousands of people are expected to attend the annual 4/20 celebration at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Thursday to smoke pot.
There has been plenty of pot puffed, blunts rolled and joints toked on Hippie Hill on what’s considered for many to be the high holy day of all things cannabis.
Fans of the drug have long marked April 20 as a day to roll weed or munch on pot-laced brownies — especially at 4:20 p.m.
At 11:30 a.m., there were already around 850 people that showed up to Hippie Hill to ‘wake and bake.’
By 4 p.m., the crowd was estimated at 15,000.
San Francisco city officials are trying to organize and control this year’s official event in the park.
For the first time, a group of merchants with experience in staging events including the Haight Street Fair have come together to provide services for the event.
The new event management will also be enforcing some rules for the event.
Those attending will be going through security at the gate, and are asked to avoid bringing glass, barbecues and cooking equipment, amplified sound equipment, generators or tents, tables and other structures. No marijuana or alcohol will be sold inside the fence.
Most importantly, people are being told to not bring their children because this year’s event is strictly 18 and up, city officials said.
When 420 kicks in hard core!😂😂😂. #420hippiehill @kron4news pic.twitter.com/YsXDqEzJ2z
— Stanley Roberts (@SRobertsKRON4) April 20, 2017
The city’s attempt to control #420hippiehill doesn’t seem like a buzzkill. The crowd of tokers and smokers is getting bigger. @kron4news pic.twitter.com/8SMR3ofTko
— Maureen Kelly (@KRON4MKelly) April 20, 2017
Park rangers and security are turning away those with glass bongs and bottles at the unsanctioned #420 party at #GGP. @kron4news pic.twitter.com/ip42SKWdgI
— Maureen Kelly (@KRON4MKelly) April 20, 2017
It’s filling up so I’m grabbing the VIP leather seats holla! #420hippiehill @kron4news pic.twitter.com/r6gnOKI9Tx
— Stanley Roberts (@SRobertsKRON4) April 20, 2017
Security and Park Rangers checking bags and id’s at the unsanctioned #420 party. @kron4news
— Maureen Kelly (@KRON4MKelly) April 20, 2017
Things have definitely changed at #420 I guess this makes it official. @kron4news #420Hippiehill pic.twitter.com/RwDeiZ4Vso
— Stanley Roberts (@SRobertsKRON4) April 20, 2017
At least 850 have shown up to Hippie Hill in #SF to wake and bake despite the city’s new attempt to control the #420 pot party. @kron4news pic.twitter.com/qGzN0Tygyd
— Maureen Kelly (@KRON4MKelly) April 20, 2017
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