“Yes, especially because teenagers don’t understand the implications of what it could mean for them.”

— Melanie Weilert, graduate student, Lawrence

“Yes. I’ve known too many underage kids who drank. I think we’ve got to make parents more aware that it’s a bigger social problem, that it affects their development.”

— Marilyn Howard, unemployed, Lawrence

“It probably is but no one really talks about it.”

— Grace Porter, sixth-grader, Lawrence

“It’s a problem, but I’m not sure it’s a significant problem. People are educating people and what more can you do? It either sticks or it doesn’t.”

— Kevin Carr, construction, Lawrence