Dr. Sam Gutman, from Lions Gate Hospital, very often comes across minors suffering from extreme alcohol poisoning.

He has lately joined an anti-bootlegging campaign, counseling adults not to buy alcohol for travails.

With the help of various police departments and Vancouver Coastal Health, the united West and North Vancouver awareness mission is expected to continue till the end of August. It is said to be an extension of a prevention agenda, which began last year in West Vancouver.

"We've chosen these three months because typically these three months correlate with higher rates of binge drinking and therefore young people may be attempting to access alcohol", Lawrie Graham of Vancouver Coastal Health said.

80% of teens get their booze from adult relatives, friends or strangers, according to a recent survey that took place in North Vancouver school survey.

While a minor wedged with alcohol faces a $230 fine, if an adult is caught giving alcohol to a minor, he will have to appear in provincial court and face a minimum $500 fine.

Also, it's nothing about the punishment says Johal, providing a minor with such things only signifies that one is negligent.