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Marijuana culture’s high holiday, known as 4/20, falls this year on Easter Sunday, as well as the last day of Passover, meaning cannabis fans can celebrate in some unusual ways, including an 鈥淓aster nug hunt鈥� in Los Angeles, kosher-style THC gummies in New York and a 鈥渂laze and praise鈥� drag brunch in Portland, Oregon.

鈥淚t seemed appropriate with egg prices today that we’d be searching for something else,鈥� said Brett Davis, who runs the marijuana tour company Weed Bus Los Angeles and organized the 鈥淓aster nug hunt.鈥�

Here鈥檚 a look at 4/20鈥檚 history and how it’s being celebrated this year:

Why 4/20?

The origins of the date, and the term 鈥�420鈥� generally, were long murky.

Some claimed it referred to a police code for marijuana possession or was derived from Bob Dylan鈥檚 鈥淩ainy Day Women No. 12 & 35,鈥� with its refrain of 鈥淓verybody must get stoned,鈥� 420 being the product of 12 times 35.

But the prevailing explanation is that it started in the 1970s with a from San Rafael High School, in California鈥檚 Marin County north of San Francisco, who called themselves 鈥渢he Waldos.鈥�

A friend鈥檚 brother was afraid of getting busted for a patch of cannabis he was growing in the woods at nearby Point Reyes, so he drew a map and gave the teens permission to harvest the crop, the story goes.

During fall 1971, at 4:20 p.m., just after classes and football practice, the group would meet up at the school鈥檚 statue of chemist Louis Pasteur, smoke a joint and head out to search for the weed patch. They never did find it, but their private lexicon 鈥� 鈥�420 Louie鈥� and later just 鈥�420鈥� 鈥� would take on a life of its own.

The Waldos saved postmarked letters and other artifacts from the 1970s referencing 鈥�420,鈥� which they now keep in a bank vault, and when the Oxford English Dictionary added the term in 2017, it cited some of those documents as .

How did 4/20 spread?

A brother of one of the Waldos was a close friend of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, as Lesh once confirmed in an interview with the Huffington Post, now HuffPost. The Waldos began hanging out in the band鈥檚 circle, and the slang term spread.

Fast-forward to the early 1990s: Steve Bloom, a reporter for the cannabis magazine High Times, was at a Dead show when he was handed a flyer urging people to 鈥渕eet at 4:20 on 4/20 for 420-ing in Marin County at the Bolinas Ridge sunset spot on Mt. Tamalpais.鈥� High Times published it.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a phenomenon,鈥� one of the Waldos, Steve Capper, now 69, once told The Associated Press. 鈥淢ost things die within a couple years, but this just goes on and on. It鈥檚 not like someday somebody鈥檚 going to say, 鈥極K, Cannabis New Year鈥檚 is on June 23rd now.鈥欌��

While the Waldos came up with the term, the people who made the flier that was distributed at the Dead show 鈥� effectively turning 4/20 into a holiday 鈥� remain unknown.

How is it celebrated?

With weed, naturally.

In New York City, the cannabis brand Tokin’ Jew is advertising a kosher-style THC gummy line, 鈥淭okin’ Chews,鈥� designed to meet dietary restrictions for Passover.

Davis said he expected 300 people to partake in the West Hollywood Easter nug scavenger hunt this weekend, aided by a mobile app leading them through participating dispensaries, trivia challenges and 鈥渟toner activities.鈥� There is a $500 cash prize.

In Portland, Bar Carlo is hosting the 鈥渂laze and praise鈥� drag brunch. Cannabis consumption isn’t allowed onsite 鈥� “Please blaze before you arrive or go for a walk in the neighborhood in between performances,” the event listing reads 鈥� but there will be a door-prize gift basket from a local dispensary.

Bar owner Melinda Archuleta said the brunch is a dry run for hosting Pride month events in June. She herself doesn’t care much for marijuana, but as a Mexican American who has been influenced by Catholicism, she is interested in seeing the two cultures melded 鈥渋n a cheeky way.鈥�

“I’m really looking forward to seeing how the queens do it,” Archuleta said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e obviously given them carte blanche to do whatever they want 鈥� it’s 21 and up 鈥� so it doesn’t matter if it’s sacrilegious or borderline offensive.”

There are bigger celebrations, too, including the Mile High 420 Festival in Denver and one put on by SweetWater Brewing in Atlanta. Hippie Hill in San Francisco鈥檚 Golden Gate Park historically has attracted massive crowds, but the gathering was canceled for a second straight year, with organizers citing a lack of financial sponsorship and city budget cuts.

Just north of the Bay Area, Lagunitas Brewing in Petaluma, California, releases its 鈥淲aldos鈥� Special Ale鈥� every year on 4/20 in partnership with the term鈥檚 coiners.

4/20 also has become a big industry event, with vendors gathering to try each other鈥檚 wares.

What about the politics?

There are 24 states that allow recreational marijuana and 14 others allowing it for medical purposes. But the movement recently has suffered some setbacks, with voters in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota deciding not to adopt legalization measures last November.

Several states also have cracked down on intoxicating products derived from hemp, which have been widely sold even in prohibition states thanks to a loophole in the federal Farm Bill.

Marijuana remains illegal under federal law. As a candidate, President Donald Trump said he would vote for Florida鈥檚 amendment and signaled support for reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a process started by the Biden administration.

But his administration has not indicated cannabis policy is a priority. A released by the White House last month complained that marijuana decriminalization in Washington, D.C., was an example of 鈥渇ailed policies鈥� that 鈥渙pened the door to disorder.鈥�

A bipartisan group of senators last week reintroduced legislation that would ensure states can adopt their own cannabis policies and remove certain financial hurdles for the industry, such as letting entities deduct business expenses on their taxes.

Charles Alovisetti, a lawyer with the cannabis industry law firm Vicente LLP, said he hopes the administration will push forward with marijuana reform at the federal level, saying 鈥渋t does align with some of their policy objectives 鈥� namely reducing criminal activity, or cartel activity.鈥�

He also encouraged advocates to keep pushing, noting some measures such as improving banking access for marijuana businesses might pass as part of larger legislative packages.

鈥淵ou continue speaking up, even if the political momentum isn’t there,鈥� Alovisetti said. 鈥淚t’s only possible if you stay in everyone’s ear.鈥�