It is difficult to give a description of (1) because they vary from state to state and city to city.
Some towns allow the sale of very weak, (2) , known as "three-two" beer. Some places (3) of any alcohol on Sundays, not only in bars but also in shops. You may find a locked bar over the alcohol shelves.
In many parts of America, you are not allowed to drink alcohol (4) . That is, you may not sit in a park or (5) drinking beer, and you cannot even take a nice bottle of wine (6) . In some public places, people can be seen taking drinks from cans (7) . These are not cans of Coca-Cola. (8) you are not allowed to drink alcohol while driving, or even (9) container in the car. Some bars (10) only for beer and wine. Others are also allowed to sell spirits and thus, as Americans say, " (11) ".
Many bars have a period (12) , often longer than an hour, when they sell drinks with prices (13) . This is usually around 5p.m. and may be only (14) of the week.
Legal drinking age varies from state to state but is generally (15) . Some states permit (16) at 18 but spirits only at 21. Others permit the consumption only of "three-two" beer from 18 to 21. (17) , in some parts of the USA, young people (18) , marry, raise children, keep full-time jobs, be tried in courts as adults, join the army and even buy guns but not (19) . In some places 18 to 21 year olds are allowed into bars but not allowed to drink.
Another even more interesting aspect of American drinking-age laws is that in some places people (20) are not even allowed to sell alcohol.