Law Enforcement And Drinking Laws

Law enforcement also has the duty to stop illegal behavior. There have been several instances in across the U.S. where the police fail to punish minors for drinking under the age. When the police show up at a party where teens are getting drunk they have been known to respond to the situation by taking the alcohol and making their parents pick them up. Nothing goes on the person who provides the alcohol or the minor’s record; both groups are simply given a warning. The drinking law is a commonly ignored law by young adults, parents, and even law enforcement. What is the point of having a law if law enforcement doesn’t even follow it?
The MLDA needs to be lowered soon; otherwise, people will continue to abuse the law, and if the law is regularly ignored it might lead society to believe they can get away with abusing other laws as well. For example, murder could no longer be punished. People would be killed, and the courts would feel as if they didn’t have to do anything about it. Unbelievable amounts of people die everyday, and this would only multiply when the law against murder begins to be ignored as well. If other laws were to be …show more content…
Media has a huge influence on teen alcohol consumption since they are on it everyday. Once again, teens are exposed to the temptations of alcohol through television, internet, and even radio. Yet those who consume alcohol are the only ones being blamed for their “bad” behavior. In reality, the media is at fault for teen alcohol consumption as well. The media makes drinking seem like a fun, leisurely activity which is highly appealing to young people. Companies that advertise alcohol make millions of dollars a year by manipulating teens minds into thinking underage drinking is a socially acceptable activity (Strack 47). Alcohol promotion should be made illegal as long as the drinking age in America is twenty-one, that way not so many minors are influenced by alcohol in the