The same student noted that parents don t even have to be gone for the weekend. When parents go out to dinner, that works to. Under age drinking has gone so far that police are resorting to liquor store stake-outs to stop under age drinkers getting alcohol. Hamilton police have charged one store owner with selling liquor to minors after keeping his store under surveillance on a Saturday night. Of fifteen people who went in to the store during a one hour period, seven were found to be under eighteen.
Teens drink for many reasons.
They drink to be accepted by their peers or to assert their independence. They may drink because alcohol may make them feel better if they are depressed or lonely. The citizens of the U.S. need to realize that the drinking age limit is just a big joke to most teens. If teens want to drink they will drink no matter what the consequences are. Teens in today s society are not going to stop drinking just because there is a drinking age limit.