- The legal drinking age to purchase alcohol at a bar or liquor store is 18. Sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds may consume beer, wine, porter, cider, or sherry with a meal in an eating area on licensed premises if they are in the company of an adult and the adult purchases the alcohol.
- The legal smoking age is 16 and is not that heavily enforced.
- Penalties for possession, acquisition, and trafficking of drugs are severe and include mandatory lengthy imprisonment in local jails.
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