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Tewksbury C.A.R.E.S.
is committed to increasing awareness, promoting education and providing resources to the Tewksbury community in an attempt to lessen the adverse effects of substance abuse. Tewksbury C.A.R.E.S. is a broad-base coalition that includes parents, school personnel, police, public health, families in recovery, and treatment providers.
An Initiative of the Tewksbury Board of Health
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Be aware of Melanie's Law - Tough Drunk Driving Law -
FYI:
Teens Are Seeing More Alcohol Ads on Television
A new study from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at Georgetown University has found a marked increase in the number of television alcohol advertisements seen by young people in the last half decade....spending on alcohol ads grew 32% and the number of ads increased by 34% between 2001 and 2005, and in 2005, nearly $38 million worth of alcohol ads appeared on 14 of the 15 programs with the largest teen audiences.
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Study finds that parents can profoundly impact a teen’s decision to drink, drug and drive or engage in other risky driving behaviors, particularly among boys
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Results of the Communities that Care Youth Survey showing risk and protective factors as well as actual drug use rates among Tewksbury students in grades 7-12.
1668 students took part in the survey in conducted in the spring of 2006.
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Town Hall Meeting Evaluations. What we learned from you!
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Start talking family guide
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It's not just a number!
Keep reading for some important facts your parents should know about underage drinking:
The legal drinking age in
Massachusetts is 21. It is against the law to serve or provide alcohol to underage guests or to allow them to drink alcohol in your home or on other property you control. If you do, you may be prosecuted criminally. The penalty is a fine up to $2,000, imprisonment for up to a year, or both. (G.L. c.138, sec. 34.)
You may also be sued civilly. If you are sued civilly, a jury may decide whether you are liable and how much you will have to pay for injuries caused by your guests.
You could be prosecuted criminally or sued civilly if you knowingly allow a person under 21 to drink at your home, and he becomes very ill or dies from alcohol poisoning or other injuries.
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You could be civilly liable if you give permission for your underage child to drink in someone else’s home and he injures or kills a third party.
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You could be civilly liable if your child has a few friends over when you are not at home, it develops into a drinking party, and a partygoer injures himself when fleeing after the police arrive.
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Even if you win a criminal or civil lawsuit, it is an expensive process. Lawsuits can take years to conclude. They put a tremendous amount of strain on you and your family.
The question remains, “Are parents taking underage drinking too lightly? Or are parents so clueless that they are truly unaware of what their children are doing?” Many parents state they would not give teenagers alcohol. In fact, 99 percent of parents recently surveyed by
Columbia
University’s National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), say they are not willing to serve alcohol at their teen’s parties.
But the same survey found that 28 percent of adolescents have been to parties at a home where parents were present and teens were drinking. The CASA study also underlines the difference between parents’ perceptions and the reality of what really goes on at teenage parties. The
Columbia
University study found that 80 percent of parents believe that alcohol is not available at parties their teens attend. Yet, 50 percent of teenagers report attending parties where alcohol, drugs or both are available.
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