Welcome. Welcome, one and all, to the late show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's 420, and you know what that means.

That's right. It's National Lime of Bean Respect Day. That's right. The world's most respectable edible.

Today's all about getting baked beans. Remember, you don't have to like Lime of Beans today, but you damn sure better respect them.

You take off your hat when you eat that bean, Mr. Beans Beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat, the more you salute.

Now, I'm sure, as we always do on the solemn day, let's take a look at the official Lime of Bean Respect Day timeline.

As you can see, in the 1500s, Lime of Beans are discovered. Next major event, 2000s National Lime of Bean Respect Day.

Just those two. They spent the 500 years in between getting shoved under the mashed potatoes.

Now, for those who are less respectful of the bean, 420 is also the unofficial holiday from marijuana.

Now, okay.

Time for all you doobie-loven potheads to get up to your usual smoky high jinks, folding laundry, and hoping half a gummy will help you fall asleep.

Party!

This year's a big one for 420, because new polling shows 37% of Americans say they use weed while the remaining 63% say they were just holding it for a friend.

And the tide seems to be turning on legalization.

Two-thirds of Americans want recreational marijuana used to be legal under federal law and in their own state.

Now, if you smoke, obviously you want it to be legal, but even among those who say they never use marijuana, a majority favor legalization.

Well, that makes sense.

Marijuana is tame compared to other controlled substances.

Its most dangerous side effect is making hacky-sack seem like a sport.

Now, legalizing marijuana could also help fight racism, because black people are 264% more likely than white people to be arrested for cannabis possession,

even though they use it similar rates, okay.

That stat comes from a true authority on recreational marijuana, the Twitter feed of Ben and Jerry's.

You can trust, you can trust that information, because no one knows cannabis like the guys who invented fish food, cherry garcia, and Stephen Colbert's American Dream.

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