A leading German drug and addiction expert on Wednesday said the legal age for consuming alcohol in the country should be raised to 18 years old. "The consumption of alcohol should only be allowed ...

BERLINBERLIN — The German government’s drugs czar has proposed raising the legal age when people can buy beer and wine from 16 to 18, and cracking down on alcohol and tobacco advertising. Burkhard ...

Germany’s health minister, Karl Lauterbach, is reportedly mulling a ban on supervised or accompanied drinking that allows 14- and 15-year-olds to consume alcohol. Present German law states that ...

In Burkina Faso, teenagers as young as 13 can legally buy alcohol. In this African country, there is no national age restriction for off-premise alcohol sales which means teenagers can legally buy at ...

FILE - A young man stands in front of a shelve with hard liquor at a beverage market in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, June 15, 2007. The German government's drugs czar has proposed raising the age ...