Draft law to address underage drinking

A draft law regulating the purchase and consumption of alcohol in Cambodia will, if passed, set the country’s legal drinking age at 21 years old, according to officials involved with the legislation, which many see as a tool to fight excessive youth drinking and drunken driving.

Cambodia is one of only a handful of countries in the world that has no legal limit for drinking or buying beer, wine or spirits, according to the US-based International Center for Alcohol Policies, or ICAP, a nonprofit research group that works with the beverage industry and public health organisations. …

Joe Freeman
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