Re: CHAT: postcodes

Quoting Tristan <kesuari@...>:

> Which, as always brings me to a tangent. Talking to my friends, who know
> more about these things than I do... in the US, it's a crime for
> someone under age to be in possession of alcohol *at all*, isn't it?
> not just to buy the stuff like in Oz? If the police decided to turn up
> to a party and there were people beneath the age of 21 drinking, would
> people get in trouble?
This is the kind of thing that varies from state to state, as most
social codes do.  Generally, the law is aimed at underage drunk-driving,
and is designed to have one more charge to level against such drunk-drivers.
In Texas, it is also illegal to have an open can of alcohol in a car
while driving, underage or not.

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