Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes pot

Gary Parrish smokes marijuana in a glass pipe, Dec. 6, 2012, just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle. Possession of marijuana became legal in Washington state at midnight and several hundred people gathered at the Space Needle to smoke and celebrate the occasion

C. Nash smokes marijuana, Dec. 6, 2012, just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle.

From left, Andre Edwards, G.E. Montoya, and J. Smiley pass around a glass pipe as they smoke marijuana, Dec. 6, 2012, just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle.

Andre Edwards smokes marijuana, Dec. 6, 2012, just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle.

A person holds a freshly rolled marijuana joint, Dec. 6, 2012, just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle.

Mike Momany smokes marijuana, Dec. 6, 2012, just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle.

Allister Adams smokes marijuana, Dec. 6, 2012, just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle.

David DesRoaches, left, and Michael Hodges, right, pose for a friend's photo as they smoke marijuana, Dec. 6, 2012, just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle.

Allister Adams smokes marijuana, Dec. 6, 2012, just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle.

C. Nash smokes marijuana in a glass pipe, Dec. 6, 2012, just after midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle.

A man known as "Professor Gizmo," smokes marijuana in a glass pipe, Dec. 5, 2012, just before midnight at the Space Needle in Seattle.