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by Johnnyenio on January 13th, 2008

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I am 16, and me and 3 friends (two are 17, and the other 16) will be going to Paris in the summer. Will we be able to go into bars and drink alcohol without any hassle? Thanks :)

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  • by Grandma on January 13th, 2008

    Grandma

    I've found this for you on the internet (hope it helps)
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    Drinking in France
    The legal drinking age is 16 years of age. But there is essentially no enforcement of this law. You´ll rarely get "carded" or turned away in a café, bar or liquor store. You can buy whiskey along with your daily groceries in supermarkets, local shops, and even gas stations.

    As a positive consequence, public drunkenness by rowdy youths is not very prevalent. When people go out to a concert or club, they don´t usually end up drunk as is true in an English, American, or Australian context; they listen to the music or talk.

    The need to "let loose" or partake in anti-social behavior is not as prevalent in France, mostly in that the culture is socially less repressed in general. It has been estimated that the average French person over 20 years old consumes an average of 53 grams (1.87 ounces) of pure alcohol per day, making him a participant in an impressive percentage: the French remain the world´s heaviest consumers of alcohol per capita after the Luxembourgeois.

    Wine is still served with both lunch and dinner in many families, but the meal is no longer considered incomplete without it (see Wine). Alcoholism in France is responsible for 17,000 deaths a year, caused more by cheap red wine than hard alcohol, and it is a phenomenon which is vastly more common in rural and slum areas.

    P.S. You still have to be responsable YOU KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG

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  • by Sashas_thoughts on January 13th, 2008

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    My advice to you is to lay off the drink as it is lethal and has made my life a misery. I cannot get over the feeling of needing a good drink and in the end you get all sorts of health problems. If I had the opportunity to go back I wouldn't not have started drinking in the first place.
    I have not done any of the things I should have done in life due to drinking habits. It starts off as fun but then controls you. Be aware as it is so easy to happen.
    I'd rather have a career. Which I have failed in. I have denied it but drink has ruled me. Even thinking about it makes me want a glass of wine. Please be careful at your age it's too young to start

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