There are two Bills proposed this year to enact a back door prohibition in the state. One of the Bills would require you to 'register' to obtain a keg of beer. [Austin American-Statesman, sub required] You know, so the State could put you in some violent offender database or something. The other Bill is called the 'Cinderella Bill' and would mandate that on your 21st birthday you couldn't purchase alcohol until 7 a.m. on your birthday. [San Antonio Express News, sub required]

When we turned 21 we remember we had been buying beer for several years already, so this would have just pissed us off on the actual night of our anti-climatic 21st birthday.

Both Bills are the result of kids dying from alcohol poisoning of either underage drinkers or new 21 year olds. Here's my handy dandy tips to avoid alcohol poisoning:

1.) When you feel really happy and have your hand on someone's ass, make your next drink a water.
2.) When the room starts to spin, avoid another drink.
3.) When throwing up, resist the urge to say "I need a beer!" immediately after wiping vomit from your mouth.

If all that fails and you drown on your own puke, either a.) you don't have any friends that rolled you over onto your stomach or b.) you were dumb enough to get alcohol poisoning so you weren't much use to us anyway. Thanks for playing.