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ProCon.org: Minimum Legal Drinking Ages in 138 Countries

by borden, June 24, 2015, 03:17pm, (Issue #891)
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Did you know that the minimum legal drinking age by country varies between 16 and 21 -- with some countries having no minimum drinking age, and some prohibiting alcohol?

Read about state felon voting laws, on DrinkingAge.ProCon.org, part of the ProCon.org family.

This is the fourth installment in a Drug War Chronicle "Did You Know" series of important facts from ProCon.org. Follow the Chronicle the next two weeks to read the rest, or sign up for ProCon.org's email list or RSS feed. Read last week's installment here.

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Legal drinking age in UK

by Dee Empty (not verified), June 26, 2015, 02:22pm

The information about the legal age of drinking in the UK on ProCon.org is wrong. It states that it is 18 years, when this is the legal age both for purchasing alcohol and for drinking it in licensed bars. The legal age for alcohol consumption, under parental supervision in private households, is 5 years.

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