Concerts at Forum not so fabulous for underage drinkers and pot smokers
No offense to the folks at Staples Center, but I sure wish the Lakers still played at the Forum.
I thought it became a church, but I guess they still use it for concerts. Which leads us to this from the Inglewood Police Department today, via City News Service:
More than 60 people were cited for possession of marijuana, underage possession of alcohol, supplying alcohol to minors or drinking off premises before and during recent concerts at the Forum, police said today.
Inglewood police and California Alcoholic Beverage Control investigators stepped up enforcement and issued the citations during AC/DC and Metallica concerts held at the Forum on Dec. 6 and last Wednesday and Thursday.
"The Inglewood Police Department is committed to providing the community and Forum patrons
with a safe and family-like environment," Inglewood police Sgt. Robert B. Pessis said.
ABC has been conducting enforcement operations statewide to try to reduce drinking by minors, officials said. More than half of those ticketed at the Forum were minors with alcohol.
"Alcohol is still the number one drug of choice among high-school-age youth and we have to do everything we can to prevent tragedies that often accompany underage drinking," said ABC Assistant Director Joseph Cruz.
Last year 188 people under the age of 21 died in alcohol-related crashes in California, ABC said.
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