page_title: Alcohol law
section_title: Americas
hierarchical_section_title: Alcohol law / Legal drinking age / Americas
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Alkoholersterwerbsalter in Zentralamerika und der Karibik
context_page_description: Alcohol laws are laws in relation to the manufacture, use, being under the influence of and sale of alcohol or alcoholic beverages that contains ethanol. Common alcoholic beverages include beer, wine, cider, and distilled spirits. The United States defines an alcoholic beverage as, "any beverage in liquid form which contains not less than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume", but this definition varies internationally. These laws can restrict those who can produce alcohol, those who can buy it, when one can buy it, labelling and advertising, the types of alcoholic beverage that can be sold, where one can consume it, what activities are prohibited while intoxicated, and where one can buy it. In some cases, laws have even prohibited the use and sale of alcohol entirely, as with Prohibition in the United States from 1920 to 1933.
caption: Minimum age to purchase alcohol in Central America and the Caribbean as of 2015: 
    Minimum age of 18 years  Minimum age of 16 years
  For further details see table below.
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