<Li> At 18 - having become adults, people are allowed access to distilled spirits, beverages containing distilled spirits, and food products containing non-negligible amounts of distilled spirits . (§ 9 JuSchG (1) 1 .) </Li> <P> Those limits do not apply to married adolescents. (§ 1 JuSchG (5)) </P> <P> The Youth Protection Act uses the term Branntwein--which was originally the German word for brandy--to refer to all distilled alcohol beverages . Branntwein has been superseded by Weinbrand in modern German to specifically refer to brandy . </P> <P> Because of moral panic involving alcohol abuse among minors (a 16 - year - old boy died after having consumed 45 shots of tequila in a bar in early 2007), some people demanded that the drinking age be raised . Most politicians, however, spoke against that notion, pointing out instead that such abuse was already forbidden according to current laws, which simply needed to be enforced . In Germany and the rest of Europe, alcohol consumption by adolescents is traditional and generally accepted . </P>

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