Today, an average of 4,358 drinkers under the age of twenty-one are diagnosed with alcohol as a factor in death. Mother Aleae Pennette never imagined that July 10, 2011, would be the day her daughter would add 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 (aged twelve to twenty) who reported drinking more than "a few sips" of alcoholic beverages in the past month. Additionally, his age group is responsible for 11% of alcohol consumed in the United States (“Underage Drinking”). While the concept may seem implausible to some, the involvement children had with alcohol nearly a hundred years ago may be an indirect cause of the millions of underage drinkers in the United States.