United States Kewanee. The worldÂ´s largest fine for an overdue library book is $345.14 (Â£203.29), the amount owed at two cents a day for the poetry book Days and Deeds checked out of Kewanee Public Library, Illinois, USA in April 1955 by Emily Canellos-Simms.
Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington state, and Washington, D.C., have already legalized recreational, as well as medical, marijuana for adults (although in D.C., it still isn't legal to buy).
There are now 24 jurisdictions with laws that legalize use of marijuana for medical purposes. Five of those jurisdictionsâColorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and the District of Columbiaâhave gone so far as to legalize the drug for recreational use, with similar legislation pending or under consideration in a number of other states.