They came.

They smoked.

And they didn’t end up in handcuffs.

Hundreds of pro-marijuana demonstrators flocked to Victoria Park Wednesday for 420, an annual event celebrating cannabis culture and advocating for the drug to be legalized.

For the past five years, police had cracked down on the demonstration, arresting and charging anyone who sparked up.

Not this time.

Police cruisers circled the block as people smoked joints and took bong tokes, but no officers were seen inside Victoria Park.

“There’s certainly no violence, no riots, no mob,” said event organizer Eric Shepperd. “There's just a lot of chilling.”

The event was held on the same day Canadian Health Minister Jane Philpott announced the process of legalizing and regulating marijuana will be introduced next spring.

It’s also the first time the global event is being held since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took office after making the controversial election promise to legalize and regulate pot, a move that could create up to $5 billion in tax revenues, according to a recent report from CIBC World Markets.