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Unless otherwise noted, if different alcohol categories have different minimum purchase ages, the age listed below is set at the lowest age given (e.g. if the purchase age is 18 for beer and 21 for wine or spirits, as was the case in several states, the age in the table will read as "18", not "21").
The legal drinking age varies from country to country. [1] In the United States, the legal drinking age is currently 21, except in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands , where it is 18. [ 2 ] To curb excessive alcohol consumption by younger people, instead of raising the drinking age, other countries have raised the prices of alcohol ...
Selling, serving and giving alcohol to a minor is a class 4 felony punishable by up to 18 months in prison, [106] except when "a parent, legal guardian or adult spouse of a minor serves alcoholic beverages to that minor on real property, other than licensed premises, under the control of the parent, legal guardian or adult spouse", [107] or for ...
18 [214] The legal purchase age limits are 18. San Marino: None 16 [1] Criminal Code Article 165 Serbia: None 18 Possession of alcohol is regulated by Article 23 of Consumer protection law which prohibits selling, serving and giving alcohol to a person under the age of 18. [215] However, the law is loosely enforced. [216] Slovakia: None 18 Slovenia
The NIAAA reports that the Dietary Guidelines for Americans: 2020-2025, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture state that adults of legal drinking age can ...
When WA minors can legally drink. Turns out, it is entirely legal in Washington state for a minor, aged younger than 21, to drink alcohol under their parent or guardian’s permission and supervision.
In response to these findings, many states raised the minimum legal drinking age to 19 (and sometimes to 20 or 21). [6] In 1984, the National Minimum Legal Drinking Act, written by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and influenced by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), required all states to set their minimum purchasing age to 21. Any state that ...
The World Health Organization's (WHO) 2024 global status report on alcohol and substance use disorders garnered attention for noting that most countries have moved to a .05 or lower BAC legal limit.