Scores of new laws went into effect Friday, the first day of the new year.
Many of them are firsts for the nation, including a raised legal smoking age, and locked pill bottles. Some gun owners will also have an easier time carrying their firearms, while others will have a harder time. Here’s a roundup of some of the new legislations:
But it wasn’t just the U.S. seeing big legislative changes. China’s one-child policy officially ended on the last day of 2015. The copyright also expired on Hitler’s Mein Kampf — meaning it will be available for sale in Germany for the first time in decades.
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