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PA Alcohol Regulations

__Questions:__ 1. If a parent unknowingly allows minors access to alcohol for a high school party, is that parent responsible for the well-being of the group? Why/Why not? 2. If an underage group is caught drinking in a neutral area not belonging to anyone (woods etc.), then who of the minors is held responsible for the possession and transportation of the alcohol?

__News:__ On March 2010 police watched people go into an off-campus party in York College neighborhood. The police then obtained a warrant and found nearly 100 people packed in one house. They were drinking beer from two beer kegs. Of 95 people, 90 were York College students and the York College security was called there to identify the students at the scene. Police charged 93 guests with patronizing prohibited – or drinking in an establishment where alcohol is sold illegally. The party's hosts were charged with furnishing alcohol to minors. The renters allegedly assessed a cover charge. The case hasn’t been closed and the sentences haven't been given yet. Source: []

__Scenerio:__ A minor goes to a liquor store. He manages to buy alcohol with a false ID he had purchased earlier that week. After buying the alcohol, he meets up with his friends and distributes it to five of his friends. The friends then drink the alcohol and give it to several of their friends who visit them. The police then arrives to the scene and the five friends manage to flee. The police catches the actual buyer and he tells the police that his friends also drank the alcohol, but they weren't seen by the police on the scene. Who is charged?