An undercover investigation has found that major supermarket chains across France are still selling alcohol to minors, breaking the law meant to protect underage drinkers.
Some retailers where I live in Normandy just sell to whoever, no questions asked. Bars serve too.
It isn’t a little sip of wine either. The shop across the street from a middle school sells kids vodka at lunch time and these kids get shitfaced. Same for cigarettes at the tobacco shops.
I get what some people are saying, that it is a right of passage and stuff, and that the drinking culture is different here, but these kids are binge-drinking at lunch. We also have loads of CBD shops now that sell pre-rolls. They won’t get stoned, but it isn’t healthy.
I suspect that it is closer to 99% of shops doing this in larger areas.
I did ask a shop owner about this. He will ask for ID, his wife too, but he can’t get his employees to always do it. The main factor for him is that if they refuse they might steal it.
Anyway, as a Canadian who has lived here for 20 years, I am still shocked whenever I see this especially when I get carded in Canada when I buy alcohol (not because I look young, it is just store policy where I come from).
Some retailers where I live in Normandy just sell to whoever, no questions asked. Bars serve too.
It isn’t a little sip of wine either. The shop across the street from a middle school sells kids vodka at lunch time and these kids get shitfaced. Same for cigarettes at the tobacco shops.
I get what some people are saying, that it is a right of passage and stuff, and that the drinking culture is different here, but these kids are binge-drinking at lunch. We also have loads of CBD shops now that sell pre-rolls. They won’t get stoned, but it isn’t healthy.
I suspect that it is closer to 99% of shops doing this in larger areas.
I did ask a shop owner about this. He will ask for ID, his wife too, but he can’t get his employees to always do it. The main factor for him is that if they refuse they might steal it.
Anyway, as a Canadian who has lived here for 20 years, I am still shocked whenever I see this especially when I get carded in Canada when I buy alcohol (not because I look young, it is just store policy where I come from).