Young people and drinking..

Heyy every1,

My glorious new phone has arrived, yippie!!
It's copper!! Will write a review once I've got the hang of it all which I suspect should be quite soon!

Anyway I thought I'd talk a bit about my weekend! Well maybe just ramble a bit about a typical situation that happens around here at a festival. Just kind of wondering if it's like this everywhere or only here. :D

From Friday the 3rd till the 5th of July a festival took place in a small town.
One of those typical Bavarian festivals, so yes that means beer and lederhosen!
I actually have a pair! :) However this time not a lot of people wore them, they just wore some nice summery clothes :)

Around the town centre there were little stations, each one had a band or a DJ. There was an Irish pub with a lovely band of three, my boyfriend and I sat there with my parents but after a drink my little sister was tired and fed up with it all so they went home.

After that we went to a place where more younger people were standing and we stood by a group of my friends, talked and then some of my friends would turn up extremely tipsy and would hug me and dance. The legal age to drink wine and beer here is 16. Most of the people were 14.

Yes there was security and the police did walk past but there are also the over 16s who would be there to buy the drinks for the ones who were still under age.

Basically all I'm trying to say is, why is it sooo cool to drink under age?
There were arguments all over the place. Some were lively and others got all cranky. It was not a pretty sight!! And smoking is really cool around here too! I can't stand smoke at all. People are allowed to do whatever they like however they also need to think about their parents! Who are going to be held legally responsible!!

They thrive on the excitement of the possibility of getting caught!
What I had in England which they don't have around here is the DARE program.
At school a police officer comes weekly and tells you all the side effects and the chemicals of drinking, smoking, drug use and so on. The best part was the chapter on peer pressure.

Around here peer pressure is definitely a problem! Especially for the boys!
Last year at this festival I was in the wrong area, this year it wasn't at all like that but a year ago I really had nightmares and weird flashbacks that drove me crazy from what I saw.

I really want to have a kind of DARE program here! It taught me so much and it was child friendly!! Ever since I was 9 (year 5) and had those lessons, I've been so aware of some of the many damages these things can do. And because most people start drinking and smoking so young it ruins their brain cells which are developing!

I will try to get my school to start something like this so they can try to help children to stop giving into peer pressure and prevent them from using these substances at such a young age!