Legal drinking age

2 days ago - Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States, has maintained a drinking age of 18. United States customs laws stipulate that no person under the age of 21 may bring any type or quantity of alcohol into the country. Most countries in Europe have set 18 as the minimum age to purchase alcohol.

November 8, 2024 - The minimum drinking age in bars is 18, but many bars won’t let people under 20 (or even 25) in. That’s because the minimum age to purchase alcohol over 3.5% ABV is 20. You can purchase alcohol under 3.5% ABV at 18.

Answer (1 of 72): There is no “right” drinking age. I would trust my 14-year-old kids to drink responsibly; and there are doubtless 50-year-olds out there who would be better off without access to the stuff.

December 7, 2021 - Low minimum legal drinking ages (MLDAs), as prevalent in many European countries, are severely understudied. We use rich survey and administrative data to estimate the impact of the Austrian MLDA of 16 on teenage drinking behavior and morbidity.

Teenage drinking remains widespread in Europe. To address concerns about its negative effects on health and cognition, many European countries have raised their minimum legal drinking age from 16 to 18 in recent decades. This column reports on evidence from Spain, where regions increased the ...

July 29, 2025 - Eighteen is by far the most common legal drinking age worldwide. It is the standard in much of Europe (France, Spain, Italy), Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico), Africa (Kenya, South Africa) and Oceania (Australia, New Zealand).

February 6, 2024 - In Europe, a prevailing inclination is to fix the legal drinking age at either 16 years, as evident in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, and Luxembourg, or at 18 years, as observed in France, Spain, and Italy.

January 7, 2024 - Makes me doubt the whole map because that information is extremely easy to find. ... The map is wrong some times + not even all colours are described.. ... France, though you can't buy alcool before 18. ... The UK’s drinking laws and licensing laws are different. I suspect this map is massively confusing drinking vs licensing/purchasing ages for most countries.

February 10, 2022 - Seven countries do not have a government-mandated drinking age, while 11 countries ban the consumption of booze entirely. Don't Miss A Drop Get the latest in beer, wine, and cocktail culture sent straight to your inbox.

WHO also has used these areas to ... habits. For example, Iceland and Norway, with a total alcohol consumption of about 7 liters per person age 15 and older, belong to the area “Europe A,” where the average alcohol consumption is 13 liters (i.e., almost twice that in ...

November 13, 2024 - Also, a greater percentage of young people in a majority of Europe report binge drinking at higher rates then compared to their US counterparts. 1-2 Most European youth have higher rates of alcohol-related problems because of their heavy drinking. Perhaps the best example of fact versus myth is what happened in New Zealand. In 1999, New Zealand lowered its purchase age from 20 to 18.

July 12, 2020 - In the US, the legal drinking age is determined at a national level. At the time of this writing, it is 21 years of age. In all European countries, the legal drinking age is less than this, running from about 15 years old up to 20.

September 28, 2018 - Of course, all states eventually complied and thus the drinking age was raised to 21. After this law was enacted, alcohol related car accidents did decrease. I personally agree with my 11th grade history professor who said, “if you can be ...

January 19, 2022 - The CRC Committee suggests that the minimum age for the purchase and consumption of alcohol and tobacco should be 18 years (CRC General Comment No. 20, 2016). The Council recommendation on the drinking of alcohol by young people, in particular children and adolescents (2001/458/EC) clearly ...

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2 weeks ago - The Minimum Drinking Age in France is 18 for purchases and consumption of all alcoholic beverages. As of 2009, French teenagers could still buy wine, beer, and other fermented beverages at 16.

September 5, 2007 - Several European countries are currently debating changes in their alcohol-related policies, with much of this discussion aimed at more stringent regulation of access to alcohol or limits on amounts that can be consumed before driving. In some countries, including England and Scotland, the debate surrounding the appropriate level of the drinking age has reemerged and there have been several proposals to raise it to 21.

November 20, 2025 - A study by the RWI Essen found ... Issues) recommends raising the drinking age for all alcoholic beverages in Germany to 18 years....

January 4, 2005 - France age for beer and wine is an unenforced 16, 18 for hard stuff - my son grew up in France and was buying hard booze in supermarkets way before 18 so not always enforced. 16 is legal age in bars for beer and wine. Holland i believe is 16 ...