I went to a bar on Cinco de Mayo that was giving out wristbands to people under 21 to signify they weren't allowed to drink. For obvious reasons the system did not deter my underage cohorts from imbibing.
Not that it's comparable over here (with nobody really caring about the few alcohol laws we have), but back in high school, when we organized parties to pay for our graduation trip to Greece, we had 3 colors of wristbands, <16 (no alcohol), 16-17 (beer/wine), 18+ (everything).
It was obviously
very efficient alcohol control.