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The legal drinking age is the minimum age at which a person can legally consume alcoholic beverages. The minimum age alcohol can be legally consumed can be different from the age when it can be purchased in some countries. These laws vary between countries and many laws have exemptions or special circumstances.
In addition to having the world's highest drinking age (a contentious honor we share with 12 other countries), the United States also has very strict laws on public drinking. Each state is allowed ...
Legal drinking ages vary around the world, and many are lower than in the United States. Before you raise a glass or down a pint, be sure you know the laws abroad. Here are the laws in 21 popular ...
The laws of driving under the influence vary between countries. One difference is the acceptable limit of blood alcohol content. For example, the legal BAC for driving in Bahrain is 0, despite drinking alcohol being allowed, in practice meaning that any alcohol level beyond the limit of detection will result in penalties. The highest specific ...
7% of the deaths in France of people aged 15 years and over are attributable to alcohol. It kills 41,000 people each year. [3] Around 580,000 hospitalizations due to alcohol take place in France each year. The estimated cost of these hospitalizations is 2.64 billion euros. In 2022, 22% of adults had alcohol consumption above recommendations.
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Note: Austria: The federal states Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland have a general legal purchase age of 16 years. (While the rest of the states differentiate between fermented drinks (beer, wine and cider with a legal purchase age of 16) and distilled spirits (with a legal purchase age of 18).
Malaysia (excluding non-Muslims; some states ban drinking in public) Kelantan [25] Terengganu [26] Maldives (legal for foreigners at licensed establishments; transport of alcohol illegal) [27] Mauritania [28] Mexico (illegal to drink alcohol in public streets and to carry open alcohol containers in public) [29]