January 5, 2007
PROHIBITION BY OTHER MEANS:
Adults penalized for teen drinking (John Ritter, 1/04/07, USA TODAY)
More cities and counties across the USA are cracking down on underage drinkers with laws that give police authority to bust home parties and fine adults who permit them, including parents.Posted by Orrin Judd at January 5, 2007 8:31 AMThese "social host" ordinances, some carrying fines of $2,500 or more, have been enacted in hundreds of locales, according to the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center in Calverton, Md. Many were passed after a 2003 federal study warned of the health risks of teenage binge drinking and urged tougher enforcement.
Comments
This is one of those situations where you can make a logical case that parents should be allowed to host and monitor underage drinking in their own home. However, in reality, the parents most likely to allow such events are also the ones least likely to provide any supervision.
Another case of a few bad apples ruining it for everyone.
Posted by: Brandon at January 5, 2007 10:42 AM