Washington state made history yesterday as the first in the US to legalise marijuana possession for adult recreational use.
The occasion was celebrated by dozens of users near Seattle's famed Space Needle tower amid blaring reggae music.
The public gathering defied a key provision of the state's landmark marijuana law, which forbids users from lighting up outside the privacy of their homes.
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