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'Sticker shock' events warn against underage drinking

August 24, 2009

NORTH COUNTY ---- Hannah Weiss has more than five years before she can legally buy booze. But the Escondido High School junior already knows what many adults ignore: Furnishing alcohol for minors is against the law. "Underage drinking is really dangerous," said Weiss, 15, as she fixed bright yellow-and-red warning stickers on beer cases at Escondido's Northgate Market on Thursday.