Today, on average, 4,358 drinkers under the age of twenty-one are diagnosed with alcohol as a factor in their death. Mother Aleae Pennette never imagined that July 10, 2011 would be the day her daughter would add to that statistic. Fourteen-year-old Takeimi Rao was found dead that morning after mixing vodka and soda with her friends at a sleepover (Conley). Although extremely tragic, Takeimi was just one of 8.7 million minors and young adults (ages twelve to twenty) who reported drinking more than "a few sips" of alcoholic beverages over the last month. Additionally, their age group is responsible for 11% of alcohol consumed in the United States (“Underage Drinking”). Although the concept may seem implausible to some, children's involvement in alcohol consumption nearly a hundred years ago may be an indirect cause of the millions of underage drinkers in the United States..