April 6, 2005
Minds Easily Boggled at PLCB
An article from today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette states the following statistics on how underage kids get their hands on alcohol:
- 65% From family or friends
- 7% From a liquor store or beer distributor that didn't check id
- 5% Pay a stranger to get the alcohol
- 3% Fake ID
- 20% Other (I wonder what activities constitute "other")
Of the 65% getting alcohol from family or friends, chairman of the PLCB says, "That's a number that almost boggles the mind."
So the kids are getting their alcohol from a sibling that is 21 or a friend that is 21. What is so mind boggling about that? These statistics are being used for a new campaign to remind adults how kids usually get their alcohol. Tax dollars well spent. Can't adults just try and remember how they used to get their alcohol when they were under 21?
Posted by Matt Niemi at April 6, 2005 3:28 PMwhatever happened to making you own moonshine? ahhh.. other... i see.
Well as for me I NEVER drank alcohol until I was of age!!!
Posted by: D Niemi at April 8, 2005 5:15 PMIf I recall (and I drank a lot of my brain cells away when I was younger) we just bought the stuff from the Arab guys on the Ohio border beer joints. Is that part of the equation? There were no ID's or questions. There was just a total cost for which you passed the cash over to them and they gave you your Malt Duck, Budweiser, Mad-Dog or whatever else you felt you needed to slurp down to go hang out at McDonalds for the night.
Posted by: Tedd at April 11, 2005 3:54 PM