Binge drinking and alcohol laws

Alcohol laws in Germany

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Germany has three drinking ages.

• At 14 - minors are allowed to consume and possess undistilled (fermented) alcoholic beverages, such as beer and wine, as long as they are in the company of their parents.
• At 16 - undistilled drinks are allowed without a parent.
• At 18 - having become adults, people are allowed access to distilled liquor.

Because of moral panic involving alcohol abuse among minors (a 16-year-old boy died after having consumed 52 shots of tequila in a bar in early 2007), some Germans began to demand that the drinking age be raised. Most politicians, however, spoke against that notion, pointing out instead that such abuse already was forbidden according to current laws, which simply needed to be enforced. [...]
 
However, the state of Baden-Württemberg will be the first to forbid the off-premises sale of liquor during night hours (10 p.m. to 5 a.m.) from year 2010 on.

In your opinion: Does the new law in Baden-Württemberg help to stop young people from drinking too much?