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Taxing Matters
The 19 year-old should not have a forged ID in his/her possession to begin with, and should not be breaking the law by drinking when under age 21. If the officer has reasonable suspicion to believe you have violated the law by drinking underage, the officer may ask for your ID. If you don’t produce one, you may find yourself detained until such time as the officer can verify your age. That could take hours. Producing a false ID risks adding that to the under age drinking charge. And lying about having lost the ID and trying to blame the bar for failing to check IDs is not only a scummy thing to do to the bar, if the lie is discovered you may face charges for obstruction or a similar charge. Don’t carry a false ID, don’t drink underage, and you won’t need to worry about legal problems for doing it. Order a soda or something. It is really not that hard to wait the two years to drink, and if your friends cannot accept your decision not to drink they aren't very good friends to begin with.