Chiara's+Paper

 Party Patrol in North Kingstown has been fighting an inevitable activity minors have taken part in for generations. Teenage drinking is not a new fad; it’s been around for quite some time. It is impossible to eliminate all underage drinking. Party Patrol does not enforce responsible drinking instead it enforces the opposite. Police officers instill fear in minors causing them to not stop drinking but drink in discrete areas. These discrete areas are more dangerous and only increase the amount of drinking and driving participants.  Party Patrol may have good intentions but their approach is completely ineffective. Instead of ensuring safety among minors throughout North Kingstown the Party Patrol has exposed them to a sneaky isolated world. Now instead of having a few friends over and drinking at home minors have been forced to travel to isolate areas to drink. Teens are now drinking and driving instead of responsibly drinking in safe areas. The Party Patrol was put into effect to prevent underage drinking and in my opinion they’ve failed miserably. Underage drinking is inevitable. Instead of coming to realization with this and trying to enforce responsible drinking this force has chosen to try and abolish something that has been prevalent throughout our society for generations.  There are two groups when it comes to Party Patrol. One group believes in Party Patrol and values the efforts the town has put forward to keep them “safe”. They think the force is not only keeping the town safe but minors especially. The other group is opposed to Party Patrol. They disagree with Party Patrol’s efforts and outlook on teen drinking. This group understands that teen drinking is an inevitable activity that the majority of minors participate in. They understand that its impossible to abolish underage drinking after all its not a problem just North Kingstown is faced with. Instead of instilling fear in minors with threats that could jeopardize their acceptance into colleges this group thinks its more important to promote responsible drinking as well as responsible choices. The 15,000 dollar grant that is being used for “Party Patrol” is a waste of money. Party Patrol has clearly failed to stop teenage drinking and parties so the argument we put forward is instead of working to get rid of teenage drinking why not promote responsible drinking? After all if responsible choices are made regarding drinking whose to say that those responsible choices won’t carry on into everyday life.