Underage Drinking Public Awareness Campaign

Fact Sheet

Public awareness campaign:

Subject: Underage Drinking
Target audience: Parents of teens
Objective: Inform parents that:

• It is illegal to host or otherwise allow teen drinking parties in your home.
• It is unsafe and illegal for teens to drink and drive.
• Parents can and will be prosecuted under the law.

What parents should know:

• As a parent, you cannot give alcohol to your teen’s friends under the age of 21, even in your own home, even with their parent’s permission.
• You cannot knowingly allow a person under 21, other than your own child, to remain in your home or on your property while consuming or possessing alcohol.
• You are deemed to have permitted the use of your residence for persons under 21 years of age to consume alcohol if you knowingly authorize, enable or permit the use of alcohol to occur by failing to control access to either the residence or the alcoholic liquor maintained in the residence.

Public awareness campaign:

Subject: Underage Drinking
Target audience: Parents of teens
Objective: Inform parents that:

• It is illegal to host or otherwise allow teen drinking parties in your home.
• It is unsafe and illegal for teens to drink and drive.
• Parents can and will be prosecuted under the law.

What parents should know:

• As a parent, you cannot give alcohol to your teen’s friends under the age of 21, even in your own home, even with their parent’s permission.
• You cannot knowingly allow a person under 21, other than your own child, to remain in your home or on your property while consuming or possessing alcohol.
• You are deemed to have permitted the use of your residence for persons under 21 years of age to consume alcohol if you knowingly authorize, enable or permit the use of alcohol to occur by failing to control access to either the residence or the alcoholic liquor maintained in the residence.

Public awareness campaign:

Subject: Underage Drinking
Target audience: Parents of teens
Objective: Inform parents that:

• It is illegal to host or otherwise allow teen drinking parties in your home.
• It is unsafe and illegal for teens to drink and drive.
• Parents can and will be prosecuted under the law.

What parents should know:

• As a parent, you cannot give alcohol to your teen’s friends under the age of 21, even in your own home, even with their parent’s permission.
• You cannot knowingly allow a person under 21, other than your own child, to remain in your home or on your property while consuming or possessing alcohol.
• You are deemed to have permitted the use of your residence for persons under 21 years of age to consume alcohol if you knowingly authorize, enable or permit the use of alcohol to occur by failing to control access to either the residence or the alcoholic liquor maintained in the residence.

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