It's almost a new year, and that means a bunch of new laws will be taking effect across our great and wacky nation, as the AP reports much more dryly here.

Sure, you probably know that as of Wednesday morning the Mile High State will undergo a literal and appropriate shift to the 420-friendly, with Colorado pot shops opening their doors to all of-age and a whole new kind of tourist influx beginning. Washington is nipping at their heels, though thus far stoners will have to wait until spring to get over-the-counter kush. For those of you pulling the tarp off the ol' VW bus and hitting the road to get hyphy, here's some intel on exactly what the rules are. Because there are still rules, of course.

Meanwhile in slightly less liberal Wisconsin, they too have loosened formerly draconian laws and decided to allow individual towns the right to legalize "pedal pubs." They're weird multi-person bikes to shuttle to and from the bar. Seeing as it's currently -8 Fahrenheit in the cuddle-free confines of Madison, this will probably sit on the back burner for a bit before rolling out.

Transgender students in California will finally be able to decide which bathroom they feel most comfortable in and whether they should play for the boy's or girl's sports team. Which could lead to some truly epic upsets in lady's football, all things considered.

Sorry, leftover Y2K wackos and guys who want to strafe entire flocks of geese from the sky, you have to register your assault rifles and assorted paraphernalia in Connecticut and New York. Let's just pause here, take off our tinfoil helmets, and remember the deadly majesty that was the Rolls Royce tiger-hunting car from last fall.

Okay. That was fun. Now, seriously, do you really need machine guns? Everyone knows you're just compensating, dude.

Rest easy, children of Hollywood! This law will make it harder for creeper paparazzo types to stalk celeb offspring. But don't sweat it, lurker camera guys, 'cause you always have the Kardashians - just remember that if you play The Game, expect to take some shit.

In Ohio, minimum wage skyrocketed from $7.85 to $7.95 in a spike that will likely do nothing to help anyone anywhere, unless they were really scraping to get some Mike and Ikes from the quarter vending machines. California bumped it up a whole buck, which actually does make a difference -- and the Golden State will even do it one more time by 2016, leading to the highest rate in the country at $10 an hour. Added bonus: If California does indeed become the third state to legalize reefer, the going rate for ganja would drop by up to 90%. Which means those couple of dollars could go a whole lot further.

Speaking of laws, you'll be sad to know that while you can smoke weed in Colorado, the people have spoken and decided you can't hunt drones. So that's something.

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