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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The calendar says April 20, but for marijuana advocates the date is 4/20 and the annual chance to gather by the thousands to smoke it.
The California Highway Patrol sent out a warning on Twitter reminding people cannot drive while high.
There were several pot parties on Monday. Several thousand people were lighting up at UC Santa Cruz and about 10,000 gathered at Hippie Hill in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
Random fights erupted along Haight Street where police estimate 1,200 partiers hung out Monday night. San Francisco police say they made five arrests at the event -- one for assault with a deadly weapon for hitting someone on the head with a bottle, two more for outstanding warrants and two for intoxication.
There were two people received head injured because some bottles were tossed from the top of Hippie Hill. That occurred before 4 p.m.
Paramedics say they answered calls from people who ate marijuana-laced food and became dizzy or passed out.
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group of people cross a cop car on Haight Street
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At 4:20 on 4/20 a large puff of smoke was the hallmark of the entire event. Thousands of people from far and wide came to the city for this celebration of bud. There were even people from states where it is now legal to openly smoke marijuana, such as Colorado.
One issue this year was the potency of some of the edibles. Rick Velasquez of Vallejo, who was selling them, warned, "It's really strong. So that's why I say it's not for a lightweight."