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The legal drinking age is a limit assigned by governments to restrict the access of children and youth to alcoholic beverages. In most countries the legal age to purchase alcohol is 18, but there are considerable variations. While in most countries the legal purchase age can be lower, such countries as the United States have an age requirement as high as 21. Finally, the degree to which these laws are enforced varies even within jurisdictions. n some countries all alcoholic beverages are illegal.

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