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Ages of consent by country, sex, sex difference, age difference and authority between partners Countries and states Region Must be married Restricted by age difference Restricted by authority Unrestricted Ref. Hetero Homo Hetero Homo Hetero Homo; M F M F M F M F M F M F China: Asia No 14 — 16 [120] [121] [122] Japan: Asia No 16: 16: 18 [123 ...
I corrected some countries with incorrect data and added some countries where there are no regulations: 15:27, 1 November 2022: 512 × 260 (1.02 MB) Goldsztern: Update in the color of the countries where alcohol is illegal to differentiate them from those that do not have regulation. 01:36, 1 November 2022: 512 × 260 (1.01 MB) Goldsztern
The majority of countries have a minimum legal drinking age of 18. [2] The most commonly known reason for the law behind the legal drinking age is the effect on the brain in adolescents. Since the brain is still maturing, alcohol can have a negative effect on the memory and long-term thinking.
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 ...
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In the United States, the national legal drinking age is 21 years old and has been so since 1984. However, according to information provided by the Alcohol Policy Information System — a project ...
A legal drinking age for the buying or consuming of alcohol is in place in many of the world's countries, typically with the intent to protect the young from alcohol-related harm. [9] This age varies between countries; for example, the legal drinking age for Australia is 18, whereas the legal drinking age in the United States is 21. [9]
One week before the Opening Ceremony, the 19-year-old captain of Japan’s women’s gymnastics team has been sent home after she admitted to underage smoking and drinking. According to The Japan ...