What is the drinking age in Australia?

Laws that apply anywhere in Australia
If you're on a learners or provisional licence, your BAC must be zero. Legal drinking age – you must be 18 or older to buy alcohol or to drink alcohol in a licensed venue. Selling alcohol – it's illegal to sell alcohol to anyone under 18 or to someone who is already drunk.
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Can you drink at 16 in Australia at home?

In Australia, it isn't illegal for a person under 18 to drink alcohol on private property. However, in most states and territories, the person who supplied them with the alcohol could be breaking the law – unless they're the young person's parent or guardian, or the parent or guardian has provided consent.
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What's the youngest drinking age in the world?

In fact, 64 percent of the world's nations have legal drinking ages of 18. The youngest legal drinking age in the world is 15, with both Mali and the Central African Republic allowing folks to drink at that time.
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Can 14 year olds drink alcohol in Australia?

Australian liquor laws: the legal drinking age in Australia is 18 years. All states and territories prohibit people under this age to purchase alcohol or consume alcohol in licensed premises or in public places.
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What is Germany's drinking age?

The Minimum Legal Drinking Age in Germany is 16 for both drinking wine and beer at an establishment and at home. However, the age raises to 18 when purchasing “spirits” (a.k.a. hard liquor), but 16-year-olds can buy beer or wine.
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Can I drink at 16 with a meal?

The law allows for people under 18 to drink "beer, cider and perry" whilst eating a "meal". The youngster must be seated in an area dedicated to the service and consumption of food.
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What is the drinking age in Russia?

In Russia, the legal drinking age is usually eighteen. Usually, because there are some exceptions to that case. Technically, stronger alcohol such as cognac and vodka is sold only to those over 21.
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What is the drinking age in Japan?

Especially for people who hail from countries where drinking and smoking starts at 18, the age restrictions in Japan for buying and drinking alcohol, as well as the smoking age in Japan, may be surprising: You must be 20 years old and in possession of a valid ID (for foreigners, a residence card will do).
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What country has no drinking age?

However, Angola (except Luanda Province), Central African Republic, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Togo have no laws on the books restricting the sale of alcohol to minors. In Libya, Somalia and Sudan the sale, production and consumption of alcohol is completely prohibited.
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What country can you drink at 13?

Around the world, the age when it's legal to purchase or be served most alcohol products varies from 13 in Burkina Faso to 25 in Eritrea.
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Can a 14 year old drink alcohol in a restaurant?

Children under 16 can go anywhere in a pub as long as they are supervised by an adult, but cannot have any alcoholic drinks. However, some premises may be subject to licensing conditions preventing them from entering, such as pubs which have experienced problems with underage drinking.
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Is it good for a 14 year old to drink coffee?

Susie advises that adolescents under 14 should avoid caffeine where possible, and teenagers between 14 and 17 years of age should limit their intake to 100mg or less a day. “That's equivalent to a small milky coffee (60mg), or a couple of cups of tea (30mg each), or some [dark] chocolate (26mg/40g) a day,” she says.
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Can a 17 year old drink alcohol in a restaurant?

as above. Legally the 18 year old can buy alcohol and the 17 year old can drink it in a pub or restaurant with a meal.
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Can you drink at 16 in Ireland?

Young people and alcohol

You must be 18 or over to buy alcohol in Ireland. It is an offence to: Serve alcohol to a person who is under 18. Pretend to be 18 or over in order to buy alcohol.
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What is the drinking age in Greece?

In Greece, there's no minimum age for the consumption of alcohol, but you must be 18 or over to buy it. However, it's unusual to be asked for ID in bars, cafes or supermarkets where you can buy just about any type of alcohol.
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What age can u drink in Canada?

A Brief History of MLDA Changes in Canada

increased their legal drinking age from 18 to 19 years; since this time there have been no further changes to the MLDA in Canada. Currently, the MLDA is 18 years of age in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec, and 19 years in the rest of the Canadian provinces and territories.
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Why can't I get drunk?

All sorts of factors will affect your experience of being intoxicated: your drinking environment, your weight, your body fat distribution, your health, your mood, whether you're alone or with friends, whether you've eaten, how fast you drink, and even whether you expect to get drunk.
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How do you punish a teenager for drinking?

Appropriate punishment for teen drinking

If you catch your teen drinking, try not to lead with anger, shame, or a long lecture. Instead, be calm, empathetic but firm while you enforce your prediscussed rules.
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Can 5 year olds drink alcohol?

Children and young people are advised not to drink alcohol before the age of 18. Alcohol use during the teenage years is related to a wide range of health and social problems.
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What's the drinking age in Switzerland?

The nighttime ban aims to protect young drinkers from alcohol abuse. Bars and restaurants will also have to offer three non-alcoholic drinks at lower prices than the cheapest alcoholic one on sale. The legal drinking age in Switzerland is 16 for beer and wine and 18 for spirits.
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Can you drink in America at 18 if your British?

Cheers! The legal age in all states is 21. Nobody is considering lowering it (NH did for a short time) but you lose federal Highway funds if you do.
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What is the drinking age in South Africa?

SA liquor laws: Legal drinking age of 21 on the cards.
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