>Isn't getting around showing ID for alcohol about as easy as clicking "Yes I'm above 18"? All you need is to know someone that would buy it.

and yet, most kids aren't walking around hammered. the penalties of underage possession and supplying to underage kids deters most people.

i will reemphasize that literally no law is 100% effective, so its silly to talk about age verification as if it has to be the first one to be 100% effective.