It’s important to know your rights – especially when on foreign soil and the booze is flowing. For this list, we’ll be looking at some of the oddest, most outdated and over-the-top laws pertaining to the consumption, distribution and production of alcohol around the world. They don’t need to be regularly enforced to be considered, they just need to be in the law books.
It’s illegal to be inebriated in a pub, England
Historic loopholes for alcohol sales, Kentucky, USA
Drinking with your spouse’s permission, Alaska, USA
Alcohol sales are limited to very specific times, Thailand
Various legal hoops, Australia
No alcohol sales in movie theatres during explicit films, Idaho, USA
Election day is dry, Turkey
Wine and beer is allowed at work, France
Needing a license to drink various states, India
You can’t take care of a cow while drunk, Scotland
