Legal pot advocates smoked in front of the White House and held a giant inflatable joint

Demonstrators protest in favor of pot legalization
(Image credit: Mike Theiler/AFP/Getty Images)

More than 100 demonstrators held a smoke-in outside the White House on Saturday to protest federal laws that ban legal marijuana smoking, The Washington Post reports.

Against law enforcement's orders, the group inflated a 51-foot inflatable joint. Naturally, the protest took place around 4:20 p.m. ET.

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