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Specifically in the city of Sharjah, north of Dubai, where drinking or possessing alcohol is illegal. Residents of Dubai are legally required to have a liquor licence to buy alcohol to drink at ...
Since 2020, consumption and procession of alcohol has been decriminalised federally for all faiths and individual emirates were given the power to regulate alcohol sales in their emirates; Sharjah maintains its ban on the sale of alcohol, and Dubai still requires alcohol licenses for the purchase of alcohol outside bars and restaurants. [22]
Mexico (illegal to drink alcohol in public streets and to carry open alcohol containers in public) [29] Morocco (illegal in public; alcohol must be purchased and consumed in licensed hotels, bars, and tourist areas, and is sold in most major supermarkets [30]) Norway (only sold in stores within a certain time period on weekdays. Illegal to ...
Dubai has loosened its liquor laws to allow tourists to purchase alcohol in state-controlled stores, previously only accessible to license-holding residents, as the United Arab Emirates saw the ...
Places other than hotels, clubs, and specially designated areas are typically not permitted to sell alcohol. [92] In 2024, Dubai authorities charged an Irish woman for consuming alcohol. [93] [94] As in other parts of the world, drinking and driving is illegal, with 21 being the legal drinking age in the Emirate of Dubai. [95]
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 ...
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 ...
The legal age for drinking alcohol is 18 in Abu Dhabi (although a Ministry of Tourism by-law allows hotels to serve alcohol only to those over 21), and 21 in Dubai and the Northern Emirates (except Sharjah, where drinking alcohol is prohibited). [137] It is a punishable offence to drink, or to be under the influence of alcohol, in public. [137]