Another way people under twenty one can get alcohol is by going to the bar. Now how do they get into the bar? With identification they can. The problem is the picture on the identification card doesn't have to be yours, it can be someone with the same skin complexion, same hair color, the same eye color and height. In the case of females the picture doesn't even have to have all those characteristics. It could just be skin color. Females change their hair color and eye color and makeup techniques all the time, so in a year a female could look totally different from her identification card. 20% of underage drinkers said they obtained alcohol illegally with the use of false identification. (TRU).
One solution that I feel will help solve this problem already exists but is hardly enforced, is the presence of cops at every bar. This program called Cops in Shops, was set up to discourage underage drinkers to obtain alcohol by using fake identification. In this program a cop is present at the liquor stores and/or bar. A lot of these cops are off duty volunteers that feel that underage drinking is a real problem. This will eliminate the problem of using false identification. Here in California, PA the cops sit in their cars near the bars to make sure no one breaking any laws. What could be done is to have these cops be apart of the Cops in Shops program. There aren't that many bars here in California Pa. So there would not be that many cops needed. They could make their rounds so that there is still a cop in the car looking around town. The cops could set up round that would be three hours at a time. These cops could be off duty volunteers or on duty cops. .
Another solution to using a false identification is having a scanner that can identify false id. There are some located in bars and liquor stores. The invention of a machine that uses fingerprints would be more efficient. If you had to provide your fingerprints when you got an identification card this could allow you to use such a device.