stop underage drinking
...nsorship encourage more young people to drink to be rebellious? In a recent survey, a young high school student was asked why he started drinking. He replied, "Drinking under the age is exciting because we are not supposed to do it. It is a way of rebelling and having a good time with friends." Everyone who has participated in alcohol consumption before they were of legal age has felt this way. But does the excitement of drinking diminish after you turn 21 and you become legal? If it does, then why would we want to put more regulation on underage drinking? In the past few years there has been a dramatic decline in the promoting and advertising of tobacco products. Yet smoking is still on the rise, especially among young people. In the United States, the tobacco industry spent nearly $4 billion in 1990 on product advertisement and promotion. The tobacco industry only is allowed to advertise in magazines, on billboards and at some sporting events. If we limit alcohol advertisements to these same areas, would it honestly make a difference? It hasn't with the tobacco industry. So we won't accomplish anything by censoring the media. How about implementing that code thing? Isn't it called the...oh yeah, the Code of Ethics. MTV has been causing quite a controversy because of its part in advertising to the underage. In one week, it was found that over 27 commercials for different beer companies were aired during 7:30 and 10 p.m. More than 50 percent of the viewers were underage. However, their marketing techniques also have been quoted as "America's most outstanding TV campaign." It shows that they are reaching out to their audiences, but it just so happens many of them are not of legal age. Many legislatures argue that installing more education and responsibility into ...