Oh, my goodness, we should shut these abusive places down. Can you imagine a parent wanting their teenager to go without Tobacco, alcohol and sex for any extended period of time. I think it would be only fair to revise the rules and allow the kids to have a beer and cigarette break after every mile they hike. These kids have a right to choose for themselves….This is inhumane…. Their rights have been violated…. Ha,Ha,Ha
I can inform you that the age of consent in Denmark are 15 years. We have no lower limit on alcohol drinking age but an age-limit on alcohol and toccaco buying, which is 16.
Most Danes are served alcohol for their confirmation (aged 14-15) by their parents as a signal that they have entered the adulthood. (Not legally but in the eyes of God).
It is then that the teenager has to show the parents but not least the teenager self that he or she can take responsibility by demonstrating that they can control their drinking before they hit the floor. If they can not, then the - in Denmark - very expensive drivers licence would be very out of reach. (It cost about 1000 dollars to get a drivers licence). They have about 3 years to demonstrate that responsibility because you have to be 18 before you can drive a car in Denmark.
16 years old teenagers can obtain a licence at the city hall, and then they can buy all sorts of alcohol - not just beer and wine - all sorts.
Does it mean that teenagers are dying in the streets of Denmark due to heavy alcohol consumption? No, it doesn't because they drink it in the open where the parents can talk with them and give them advise. They don't have to hide anything and it is not exciting to break the law.
Some countries are free to create a full setup for a secret life for their children by the use of zero-tolerance, but then they should not be surprised when they suddenly stumble over things, they were not aware that their child would be able to do.