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(21 Apr 2014) VOICE-OVER SCRIPT NATS UP The traditional pot holiday of April 20th coincides with Easter this year, a fact not lost on this Los Angeles church pastor. SOUNDBITE: (English) Justice Coleman, pastor, Freedom Church: ``Easter fell on 420 and I thought, man, half of my friends, they're going to be doing something else on 420, they're not going to want to come to church.'' So Coleman is using the day to get more congregants to his church with a talk about pot. In Denver� (NATS UP) � legalized pot supporters celebrated the day with a pot festival in the shadow of the the state Capitol. SOUNDBITE: (English) Janae Sutton, 420 Rally, attendee: ``It's so surreal to stand here and look at the sea of and smell all the great smells of everything.'' It's no longer an informal gathering of activists and stoners protesting illegal marijuana. Retail marijuana sales became legal in Colorado this year. And the celebration has gone mainstream. SOUNDBITE: (English) Susie Hilton, 420 Rally, attendee from Minnesota: ``It makes people do illegal things, which is wrong. It should be� I mean, what's wrong with this?'' A shooting that injured two people last year prompted organizers to fence off the park and screen people. And despite a ban on public pot smoking. Hundreds lit up to celebrate. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bobbi Cook, 420 Rally, attendee: ``There are less people rebelling and more people just going along with what they ask us to do. It's a little difference. Taking a little getting used to.'' Colorado is still grappling with the impact of legal marijuana following two recent deaths _ a foreign exchange student who fell from a hotel balcony after consuming a marijuana infused cookie _ and the death of a woman, shot by her husband who possibly ate a pot-infused candy. Advocates of legal marijuana say it's safer than alcohol. And they're celebrating that it too, is legal. Peter Banda, Associated Press, Denver Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...