Alcohol laws are laws in relation to the manufacture, use, being under the influence of and sale of alcohol (also known formally as ethanol) or alcoholic beverages that contains ethanol. Common alcoholic beverages include beer, wine, (hard) cider, and distilled spirits (e.g., vodka, rum, gin). The United States defines an alcoholic beverage as, "any beverage in liquid form which contains not less than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume",[1] but this definition varies internationally. These laws can restrict those who can produce alcohol, those who can buy it (often with minimum age restrictions and laws against selling to an already intoxicated person), when one can buy it (with hours of serving and/or days of selling set out), labelling and advertising, the types of alcoholic beverage that can be sold (e.g., some stores can only sell beer and wine), where one can consume it (e.g., drinking in public is not legal in many parts of the US), what activities are prohibited while intoxicated (e.g., drunk driving), and where one can buy it. In some cases, laws have even prohibited the use and sale of alcohol entirely, as with Prohibition in the United States from 1920 to 1933.
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In JAN 17 P 4 :00 the Philippines it is disturbing that due to lenient monitoring and implementation, alcohol such as beer and hard drinks can easily be bought in grocery and convenience stores by teenagers. Our law sets the minimum legal drinking age at 18, nevertheless underage drinking is widespread and prevalent. A good number of young people get alcohol from home. If not from their home, they get hold of alcohol from friends or they can discreetly buy for themselves as it is relatively easy for an underage teen in our country to obtain alcohol from stores. As a result, a number of cases of violence;' sexual and drug abuse and suicide among Filipino teenagers have been attributed to drunkenness or alcohol intoxication. For this reason, this is already a growing concern m our society especially on youth behaviors, as well as to the culture of our country. This bill seeks to guarantee that our nation's youth would carry out their responsibility in building our nation; proscribe minors from drinking alcohol, penalize those who abet them to gain access to alcohol and punish establishments that sell alcohol to minors. Immediate passage ofthis bill is highly needed.
