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Module 3B: Student Worksheet Activity - Preventing Underage Drinking/Alcohol Poisoning

The document discusses penalties for providing alcohol to minors, including fines and license suspension. It also covers an activity where students create a campaign to prevent underage drinking and alcohol poisoning, covering related laws and health risks. The document defines alcohol poisoning and lists its signs and symptoms, as well as what to do in case of suspected poisoning.

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Module 3B: Student Worksheet Activity - Preventing Underage Drinking/Alcohol Poisoning

The document discusses penalties for providing alcohol to minors, including fines and license suspension. It also covers an activity where students create a campaign to prevent underage drinking and alcohol poisoning, covering related laws and health risks. The document defines alcohol poisoning and lists its signs and symptoms, as well as what to do in case of suspected poisoning.

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Module 3B: Student Worksheet Activity - Preventing Underage Drinking/Alcohol

Poisoning

Penalties for Providing/Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor

Making alcoholic beverages available to a minor is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine up to $4,000,
confinement in jail for up to a year, or both. Additionally, the violator will have his or her driver’s license
automatically suspended for 180 days upon conviction.

Law Enforcement will also issue a citation for providing alcohol to a minor to the host of the party. In this
case, the host is the person(s) that furnishes the alcohol to the minors. The location of the party does not
have to be the home of the host. It can be at the beach, a hotel, boat or any other unlicensed property.

Persons 21 or older (other than the parent or guardian) can be held liable for damages caused by intoxication
of a minor under 18 if the adult knowingly provided alcoholic beverages to a minor or knowingly allowed the
minor to be served or provided alcoholic beverages on premises owned or leased by the adult.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The person providing/furnishing the alcohol does not have to be over the age of 21
to be sanctioned for the penalties above.

Exemption: In Texas, a person may provide alcohol to a minor if he or she is the minor’s adult parent,
guardian, or legal age spouse, and is visibly present when the minor possesses or consumes the alcoholic
beverage.

However, it is against the law to make alcohol available to any other person younger than 21 in your own
residence, even with their parent's permission. You can be held civilly liable for damages caused by a
person younger than 18, if you provide them alcohol or allowed them to be given alcohol while on your
property.

Activity

One of the roles of commissioned peace officers is preventing tragedies by educating the community about
the importance of voluntary compliance with the laws. This is often times a difficult and challenging job for
officers.

In this activity, you will divide up into groups to create a campaign to address preventing underage drinking
parties and alcohol poisoning. The campaign needs to include elements that are geared towards parents,
minors and others in the community to prevent underage drinking and alcohol poisoning. The campaign
may not include a responsible drinking message geared towards minors since any consumption of alcohol
by a minor is illegal. In the campaign, you must include the laws as well as the signs and dangers of alcohol
poisoning.

The TABC is always interested in learning about campaign ideas. If you feel that your campaign would work
statewide, please feel free to contact the Education and Prevention Division. If the materials meet TABC
requirements, we will post the campaign on the www.2young2drink.com website and possibly produce
some of your materials. Submit request for materials to: [email protected].

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (2018) Page 43


Module 3B: Notes

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Alcohol Poisoning Facts

Definition: Alcohol poisoning is a serious and sometimes deadly consequence of consuming large amounts of
alcohol in a short period of time. Drinking too much too quickly can affect your breathing and gag reflex and
can cause your heart to fail. This can lead to coma or even death.

TABC has a 911 Lifeline Law. “A TABC agent will not cite minors for the illegal possession or consumption of
alcoholic beverages if an individual seeks assistance because of a medical emergency or because a person has
been a victim of sexual assault or other violent crime.” This would include seeking assistance for a friend that
you think may be suffering from alcohol poisoning if the minor:
• requested emergency medical assistance in response to the possible alcohol overdose of the minor or
another person;
• was the first person to make a request for medical assistance;
• who requested the emergency medical assistance in response to the possible alcohol overdose of the
minor or another person:
(a) remained on the scene until the medical assistance arrived; and
(b) cooperated with medical assistance and law enforcement personnel.

This also applies to the minor who reports the sexual assault of the minor or another person, or is the victim of
a sexual assault reported by another person to:
(1) a health care provider treating the victim of the sexual assault;
(2) an employee of a law enforcement agency, including an employee of a campus police
department of an institution of higher education; or
(3) the Title IX coordinator of an institution of higher education or another employee of the
institution responsible for responding to the reports of sexual assault.

Signs of Alcohol Poisoning


• Person does not respond or cannot be awakened
• Person appears confused or in a stupor
• Vomiting
• Slow breathing (slower than 8 breaths per minute)
• Irregular breathing
• Blue-tinged skin or pale skin
• Low body temperature (Hypothermia)
• Unconscious
• Weak rapid pulse

NOTE: It is important to remember that it is not necessary for all of these symptoms to be present before you
seek help.

What to do:
• Cover the person with a blanket or coat
• Call 911 to request assistance to take the person to the emergency room

What not to do:


• Never leave the person alone to sleep it off. Sadly, this is a common response by friends with good
intentions. However, if the person has alcohol poisoning, they will not get better on their own with
time and are in need of medical assistance. Their heart can stop beating, their breathing can slow,
become irregular or stop, or they can choke on their own vomit.
• Attempt to induce vomiting or assume that if they are vomiting, they will be okay. A majority of alcohol
is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine (about 80 percent). From there it is transported
throughout the body.
• Put them in a cold shower or bath. Alcohol widens the blood vessels. This means that the person loses
heat and hypothermia may develop. A cold shower or bath will only make it worse.
• Not everyone dies of alcohol poisoning, but some of those that recover run the risk of suffering
permanent brain damage. Therefore, it is important to get them medical assistance as soon as possible.
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (2018) Page 46

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