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Legal implications
- A DUI in California can cost anywhere between $5,200 to $10,000,
including vehicle towing and storage, increases in auto insurance premiums,
fines, court assessments, DUI classes, attorneys' fees and more.
- Any (> .01) positive blood alcohol in a driver under 21 is illegal.
- Purchase and public possession of alcohol by people under the age of 21 is
illegal in all 50 states.
- It is illegal for anyone to provide alcohol to minors in California.
Risks associated with underage drinking
- Alcohol affects the teen brain differently than the adult brain.
- The teen brain is still developing. Alcohol can impair parts of the brain that
control: motor coordination, impulse control, and memory.
- The part of the brain responsible for learning and memory can be 10%
smaller in underage drinkers.
- Underage drinking is associated with physical and emotional violence,
suicide, sexual assaults, and academic failure.
- Alcohol use is implicated in one- to two-thirds of sexual assault and
acquaintance or “date” rape cases among teens and college students.
Statistics
- 55 people were killed in alcohol involved collisions in Sacramento County in
2006.
- In California, 1,574 people were killed and another 30,810 injured in
alcohol-related crashes in 2005.
- 1,415 people were injured in alcohol involved collisions in Sacramento
County in 2006.
- Peers: Teens often think that other people their age are drinking regularly
but most are not.
- Underage alcohol use is repeatedly linked to violent behaviors.
- Alcohol is a factor in 28% of college dropouts.
- 1,700 college kids die each year from alcohol related incidents.
- Students with GPA’s of D or F drink three times as much as those who
earn A’s.
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Alcohol information
- Alcopops are sweet and fizzy alcohol drinks that look and taste like soda.
- Alcopops are gateway drinks, bridging the gap to hard liquor.
- 90% of teens agree that alcopops could lead teenagers to other alcoholic
beverages.
- Underage drinkers in California consume 5.5 times more alcopops than adult
drinkers.
- Consuming 5 or more drinks in a night is binge drinking. And it means alcohol gets
to call the shots. Not you.
- Alcohol kills more teenagers than all other drugs combined.
- Use of alcohol or other drugs at an early age is an indicator of future alcohol
or drug problems.
- A 12 oz. can of beer, a 5 oz. glass of wine and a shot of whiskey each have the
same amount of alcohol.
Tips
- If there is alcohol at a party—LEAVE.
- Teens that regularly eat as a family are 33% less likely to use alcohol.
- According to teens—Parents are the #1 influence in their teen's lives.
- Explain the risks of drinking
- Talk early, talk often
- Set clear rules
- Know your teens's friends
- Monitor teen's activities
- Be involved
- Stay in contact. Give your kids a call
- Make alcohol unavailable
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