Ok wine, beer and cider certainly are treated specially in parts of Europe. In Denmark for example you must be 16 to purchase low-ABV alcohol and over 18 to pur

Ok wine, beer and cider certainly are treated specially in parts of Europe. In Denmark for example you must be 16 to purchase low-ABV alcohol and over 18 to purchase anything higher (4% if I remember correctly). As far as I know no such restrictions apply to other food, such as coca cola. You can also safely ship liquor in the U.S. I like to ship back liquors from distilleries, but want to avoid airline baggage fees so I ship them via a shipping service. The booze has always come through fine. Also in the U.S. you can vote at 18 (in some cases you can even vote at 17, as long as you'll be 18 by the first Tuesday of November of that year).