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#3........................................................pg 3 Sales/Services o Minors Furnishing Alcohol to Minors POLICY #16.....................................................pg 16 POLICY #4.......................................................pg 4 Minimum Age for Hosting Underage Drinking On-Premises Server Parties POLICY #17.....................................................pg 17 POLICY #5........................................................pg 5 Minimum Age for Social Host Liability Off-Premises Server POLICY #6........................................................pg 6 POLICY #18.....................................................pg 18 Youth Blood Alcohol Dram Shop Liability Concentration Limits POLICY #19.....................................................pg 19 POLICY #7........................................................pg 7 Mandatory/Voluntary Loss of Driving Privileges for Alcohol Server-Seller Training (RBS) Violations by Minors (“Use/Lose” Laws) POLICY #20...................................................pg 20 POLICY #8........................................................pg 8 Restrictions on Drink Specials False Identiﬁcation (“False ID”) POLICY #21.....................................................pg 21 POLICY #9........................................................pg 9 Wholesaler Pricing Provisions Graduated Driver’s Licenses POLICY #22....................................................pg 22 POLICY #10....................................................pg 10 Keg Registration Compliance Check Protocols POLICY #23....................................................pg 23 POLICY #11.......................................................pg 11 High-Proof Grain Alcoholic Home Delivery Beverages POLICY #12.....................................................pg 12 POLICY #24...................................................pg 24 Direct Sales/Shipments from Distance Limitations Applied to Producers New Alcohol Outlets <("&=%’"$#."%2>&?@@$/-%#’-%.&?@AA-’’""&@%&’("&+$","%’-@%&@B&3%/"$#."&4$-%5-%.& POLICY #1: Underage Possession, Consumption, and Internal Possession After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the 21st typically require evidence of alcohol in the minor’s Amendment allowed each state to set its own alcohol body, but do not require any specific evidence of consumption laws. possession or consumption. At that time, most states chose to set a minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) at 21 years of age. However, Did you know that… when the U.S. lowered the legal voting age from 21 to 18 in 1971, more than half of the states also lowered • Although a variety of laws limit youth their MLDA to 18, 19, or 20 years of age. access to alcohol, 14 states have no laws that prohibit people under the age of 21 It was not until the National Minimum Drinking Age from consuming alcohol? Act of 1984 that states were required to raise their MLDA to 21 or risk losing federal highway funds. • 16 states allow people under the age of 21 to possess alcohol when a family As a result, many people assume that it is illegal for a member consents or is present? person under the age of 21 to consume or possess any alcohol in the U.S. • 10 states allow people under the age of 21 to possess alcohol when on private Additionally, in recent years, many states have enacted property? laws prohibiting “internal possession” of alcohol by persons under the age of 21. These provisions To learn more about what your state prohibits and how it compares to other states and to national best practices regarding the Underage Possession, https://go.usa.gov/xsyZ5 Consumption, and Internal Possession policy, check out the resources at the following shortened link or scan the QR code with your smartphone camera. https://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/ Learn the Law Series 2021 I 1 <("&=%’"$#."%2>&?@@$/-%#’-%.&?@AA-’’""&@%&’("&+$","%’-@%&@B&3%/"$#."&4$-%5-%.& POLICY #2: Underage Purchase and Attempted Purchase Although most states prohibit individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing alcohol, did you know that 4 states do not prohibit it? Additionally, although law enforcement routinely conducts checks on merchant compliance or stings to identify merchants who illegally sell alcoholic beverages to minors, only 24 states are allowed to actually use people under the age of 21 in those operations. To learn more about what your state prohibits and how it compares to other states and to national best practices regarding the Underage Purchase https://go.usa.gov/xsyZV and Attempted Purchase policy, check out the resources at the following shortened link or scan the QR code with your smartphone camera. 2 | Learn the Law Series 2021 https://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/ <("&=%’"$#."%2>&?@@$/-%#’-%.&?@AA-’’""&@%&’("&+$","%’-@%&@B&3%/"$#."&4$-%5-%.& POLICY #3: Furnishing Alcohol to Minors Even though all states prohibit furnishing alcohol to minors, most minors obtain alcohol from adults – including parents, older siblings, peers, or strangers solicited to purchase alcohol for the minor. As such, adult furnishing of alcohol plays a significant role in making alcohol more available to youth. Illegal furnishing of alcohol is a serious persistent problem that is best addressed by increased enforcement of the law. However, due to exceptions in some state furnishing laws, adults can legally provide alcohol to minors under certain circumstances in some states. Exceptions fall into two categories: 1. “Family Exceptions” which permit minors’ parents, guardians, or spouses to furnish them with alcohol. 2. “Location Exceptions” which permit minors’ parents, guardians, or spouses to furnish them with alcohol but only in specified locations (for example, the parents’ homes or another private residence). Did you know that… • 19 states have family exceptions to their laws prohibiting the furnishing of alcohol to minors? • 12 states have location exceptions to their laws prohibiting the furnishing of alcohol to minors? To learn more about what your state prohibits and how it compares to other states and to national best practices regarding the Furnishing Alcohol to https://go.usa.gov/xsyZp Minors policy, check out the resources at the following shortened link or scan the QR code with your smartphone camera. https://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/ Learn the Law Series 2021 I 3 <("&=%’"$#."%2>&?@@$/-%#’-%.&?@AA-’’""&@%&’("&+$","%’-@%&@B&3%/"$#."&4$-%5-%.& POLICY #4: Hosting Underage Drinking Parties Underage drinking parties pose significant public health risks. They are high-risk settings for binge drinking and associated alcohol problems, including impaired driving. Youth and young adults are often introduced to heavy drinking behaviors at these events by older adults. Such parties often occur on private property, with or without the knowledge or presence of a parent or other responsible adult. State host party laws seek to make underage drinking parties less likely by imposing liability on adult hosts who host or allow the parties. Liability generally occurs through criminal proceedings that can lead to sanctions such as fines or imprisonment. These laws apply even if the adult cannot be shown to have furnished the alcohol for the party. Some state host party laws explicitly address underage drinking parties and others are broader in scope and prohibit individuals from allowing underage drinking on their properties generally. Did you know that… • Only 31 states have host party laws? • In 23 of those 31 states, laws require that the host knew about the party to trigger liability? To learn more about what your state prohibits and how it compares to other states and to national best practices regarding the Hosting Underage https://go.usa.gov/xsyZv Drinking Parties policy, check out the resources at the following shortened link or scan the QR code with your smartphone camera. 4 | Learn the Law Series 2021 https://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/