Impact: Does Current Policy Have an Effect?

The prohibition of alcohol sale to under age individuals is clear, and the consequences for adults selling to you youth are apparent in Canadian law. Although there are legal repercussions for under age youth who drink without their parents’ supervision, those consequences do not seem to have an affect on the incessant phenomenon of under-age drinking. Therefore, the question arises, do the current policies instated by adults in regards to the behaviour of youth have the intended effect; that is, have the current laws been able to reduce the incidence of under-age drinking and the negative consequences that the phenomenon has on youth and society? According to statistics, the rate of “accidents” and harm that youth cause to themselves and others’ is still substantial (http://www.dontbethatguy.ca/alcohol_law.html?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=525)