Teen drunk driver kills friend..

1.http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Teen-pleads-guilty-in-drunken-crash-that-killed-4847657.php?cmpid=htx

2. Category of problem: Teen drinking
 
 3. Level of problem: local 

  4.      The article concerns: A drunk driver sentenced to 3 years in prison and 10 years of community supervision.
 5.      Why is this important to families/individuals OR how does it affect individuals/families?  For the longest, drinking has been a problem for people of all ages. In this case, it was fatal.
 
 6. What are your views on the issue/policy?
This really angers me. Only three years in prison??!!!? In my opinion that isn't long enough for someone to sit and realize that they KILLED someone with their reckless actions. I was talking with my friends the other day when we were driving around and seen that a party had gotten busted. They just let everyone leave. Which meant there were drunk drivers on the road. I don't understand why police make people leave a party when they have to DRIVE home when they could just stay there and party and stay the night. Making them leave leads to problems like this. They tell you to leave and then say you get pulled over for a broken tail light. You are on the side of the road with alcohol in your system and driving because an officer told you to go home. My parents let me drink underage at home so they could supervise me. I didn't have to sneak around to parties and different peoples houses just to drink. I knew that where I was drinking I would stay the night or call someone to pick me up. This boys left a party and 1 didn't ever make it home. They are underage and by law they shouldn't be drinking. I feel like if there were more resources like designated driver cabs this would lower the amount of problems. I do like the fact that he has to speak in front of students at local high schools about how is actions changed his life. He needs to acknowledge his mistake in words not just a sentence. As for the parents of the deceased man, Their son was worth 3 years and 10 years of community supervision. That would burn me up inside. Who supplied these teens with the alcohol in the first place? Are they being charged as well?