Originally Posted by Xerxys

The problem with alcohol is that it loosens you up to more alcohol. They're gonna be in public so we don't want a contribution to a minor's delinquency charge part of the plan. Secondly, we also don't want a dependency to alcohol to "loosen up" all the time when meeting up. Let's ease into things shall we?

EDIT: I don't know what the laws are about drinking in public, probably non-existent in a big city but still ...