A new law in Israel has banned the use of underweight models in advertising and the catwalk and requires adverts to state if an image has been altered to make a model appear thinne

Milan Italy actually has a law that requires it s citizens to smile at all times The only exceptions are when you are at a hospital or attending a funeral Anyone caught not smiling can be fined 100

If a prisoner escapes from a prison in Germany there would be no sort of penalty if you failed to escape The reason for this is because the Germans believe that it s basic human instinct to be free

According to a former law enforcement officer Barry Cooper (an anti-drug-war lecturer) marijuana was made illegal in 1937 because a man testified in front of the Congress saying that pot made white women want to have romantic relationships with black men

A monkey was tried and convicted for the crime of smoking It happened back in 1924 in South Bend Indiana The strict laws of the state meant that smoking was illegal no questions even if you were a monkey Having been seen smoking the monkey was taken to court and tried for the crime The monkey was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of 25 as well as costs for the trial

After Portugal decriminalized every imaginable drug from marijuana to cocaine to heroin on July 1st 2001 has resulted in drastic reduction in addicts with Portuguese officials and reports highlighting that this number at 100 000 before the new policy was enacted has been halved in the following ten years Portugal s drug usage rates are now among the lowest of EU member states according to the same report Decriminalizing means use is moved out of criminal courts and into a special court where each offender s unique situation is judged by legal experts psychologists and social workers Treatment and further action is decided in these courts where addicts and drug use is treated as a public health service rather than referring it to the justice system