Talk:Alcohol consumption by youth in the United States

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"Underage drinking in the United States is a prevalent issue that occurs in most young adults' lives."

This is meaningless and it is obviously false! "Most young adults" doesn't refer to US young adults and it's completely unquantitative. Suggestions? --pianoface 12:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I am removing the above statement because of this longstanding concern. If it can be cited, which I doubt, it should be returned. - Freechild 04:54, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Article is already included here -Thebdj 16:32, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I figured this was a more robust article. I felt the the driniking age info mentioned above was not very appropriate on a world-wide list when other countries were left out, so I created this page which should provide more detail. If the label needs to stay, let me know. Otherwise, I'll delete in a week or so.

Cheers,

Joe

(Radio-x 22:56, 15 April 2006 (UTC))

"Police are usually moderately tolerant of underage drinking provided that the drinkers are not in violation of other crimes while drinking. Police are even more tolerant if the drinking occurs indoors on private property."

This is a very unprofessional paragraph. It's such a general statement and there's literally no way at all to prove it's authenticity. I live in a small town that employs way more officers than necessary, and because they don't have much else to do they lick their chops when busting kids for underages. They'll bust entire parties because kids are drinking. I just don't think you can generally say that police are "moderately tolerant" of underage drinking. Maybe where that person is from they are, but to include such information in a wikipedia article is not appropriate.

                   Mankind716 01:31, 13 June 2006 (UTC)Mankind716

The 'shoulder tap' is much more commonly called 'fishing'

[edit] Unsourced material

I have removed the unsourced content of this article. Unfortunately, this consisted of the entire article, leaving nothing but the category and cleanup tags. Feel free to put whichever portions back you can find sources for. --Xyzzyplugh 20:37, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

At first I was going to revert your change. However, having read the deleted text, I can see your point now... Urgh. DWaterson 23:47, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

While I found this article informative, I was unsatisfied with the lack of effort and attention paid to the fate of sellers who happen to sell to a minor. I manage a liquor store, and recently sold to a minor, unconsciously of course. While I kick myself in the ass for doing it, it was a freak accident, an honest mistake that could have happened to anyone. Unfortunately, the state doesn't see it that way. I had to plea to a disorderly conduct charge and pay a $350 fine. I am currently trying to make a case out of this, as in my opinion, these kinds of sting operations violate the Fourteenth Amendment rights of anyone who sells alcohol or tobacco. As American citizens, we are all given equal protection rights, and it isn't right that we're vulnerable to legal consequences that employees in other retail positions (that don't sell alcohol or tobacco) simply are not.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.45.140.103 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Recent conviction in Virginia

Two parents are going to jail (27 months) for serving alcohol inside their house at their sons birthday. Mom served kids booze, will now serve time, (Article by Daniela Deane, The Washington Post, June 10, 2007) Covergaard 08:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] source?

where does this statement come from, "Students at these universities are generally at odds with law enforcement and show little respect for police..." I think the generalization of several million students showing "little respect for police" is a bit extreme, unless there is some source. Rugz (talk) 21:36, 15 April 2008 (UTC)