Grad season is approaching and police on the north shore are launching a campaign to keep bootlegged booze away from teens.
It’s the fifth consecutive year that West Vancouver police is working with Vancouver Coastal Health and Municipal governments to focus public awareness on the consequences of giving alcohol to teenagers.
Danielle Raymond experienced the problem firsthand when she lost her 16-year-old sister, Shannon, died at a party in 2008; where alcohol and drug use were condoned by adults.
The teen drank, took ecstasy and died at a friend’s house of MDMA intoxication. One of her friend’s parents was charged and acquitted. Shannon’s family is sharing their story and asking adults to think before providing alcohol to teenagers.
Legally parents can give their own children alcohol in their own home but outside that relationship, the penalty for providing alcohol to a minor is $575.
During the graduation party season, the anti-bootlegging campaign looks to catch teens at the beginning of their lives and not at the end.
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