Drug & Alcohol Awareness Program

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Information on Underage drinking

These sites have information about the important issue of underage drinking:

• Texas penalties for under-age drinking
• MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• 2 Young 2 Drink, from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
• The Texas Underage Drinking Hotline
• Warning signs of childhood drinking

UNDERAGE DRINKING - KNOW THE LAW - Report Underage Drinking

Call the anonymous, toll-free hotline at 1-888-THE-TABC

Parents:  Don’t be a Party to underage drinking
 
KNOW THE LAW – In Texas, a person may provide alcohol to a minor if he or she is the minor’s adult parent, guardian or spouse, and is visibly present when the minor possesses or consumes the alcoholic beverage.
 
IT’S AGAINST THE LAW TO:  make alcohol available to a person younger than 21 (other than your child) even in your own residence, even with their parent’s permission
 
IF YOU BREAK THE LAW: you face a maximum penalty of one year in jail, a $4,000 fine and an automatic suspension of your driver’slicensefor180days upon conviction you can be held civilly liable for damages caused by the intoxication of a minor younger than 18 if you knowingly provided alcohol or allowed the minor to be served alcohol on property owned or leased by you, and they, in turn, hurt someone, hurt themselves or damage property.
 
THINGS YOU CAN DO AS A PARENT:  Refuse to supply alcohol to youth, be at home when your child has a party, make sure alcohol is not brought into your home or onto your property by your child’s friends, talk to other parents about not providing alcohol at events your child will be attending and create alcohol-free activities in your home.
 
Students:  UNDERAGE DRINKING IS AGAINST THE LAW
 
If you’re UNDER 21, it’s a CLASS C MISDEMEANOR to: possess or consume alcoholic beverages, purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages, misrepresent your age to obtain alcoholic beverages, be intoxicated in public, drive while having any detectable amount of alcohol in your system

CONSEQUENCES:  Class C Misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $500, alcohol awareness course, community service, driver’s license suspension or denial.
 
If you are 17 or older, on the third offense, the fine increases to $2,000 and/or up to 180 days in jail, in addition to driver’s license suspension.

See the flier by TDOT and TABC.