Indiana Code IC 7.1-5-7-15
Sec. 15. A person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who knowingly or tentionally encourages, aids, or duces a mor to unlawfully possess an alcoholic beverage commits a Class C fraction.
Many parents may not realize, or wish to acknowledge, that providg alcohol their home to teens is illegal.
It is illegal to sell or furnish alcohol to anyone under the age of 21. It is also illegal to allow or assist someone who is underage to consume alcohol.
One third of teens, aged 13-18, say it is easy to obta alcohol from their own parents. They also admit it is even easier to obta from a friend’s parent. One four teens have attended a party where mors were drkg front of parents.
Parents who allow teens to consume alcohol are under a dangerous misperception that it is okay as long as it is supervised. No parent can completely control the actions of teens under the influence of alcohol during, or after, a party.
21% of teens have attended a party where the alcohol was provided by someone else’s parents. 27% of teens have attended a party where youth were drinking with parents present. Many parents are unaware that other parents are allowing their own children to drink.
On average, in a six month period, parents are the suppliers of alcohol to their teens three times. When parents provide alcohol to teens the message they are sending is that drinking illegally is okay.
One out of four parents of children aged 12-20 say they have allowed their teens to drk while under their supervision.
It is estimated that more than 3,000 teenagers nationwide die every year as a result of juries obtaed durg car crashes attributed to a mor drivg under the fluence.
More than 21% of mors drkg alcohol received it from a parent, guardian, or other adult family member.
Nearly one four teens, aged 13-18, admit their own parents have supplied them with alcohol.
Teens are not equipped emotionally, or physically, to deal with the effects of alcohol.
The use of alcohol by teens may result long-term damage to a young person's organs and mental health. It could also lead to an overdose or death.
Indiana Code IC 7.1-5-7-8
Sales to mors prohibited
Sec. 8. (a) It is a Class B misdemeanor for a person to recklessly, knowgly, or tentionally sell, barter, exchange, provide, or furnish an alcoholic beverage to a mor.
(b) However, the offense described subsection (a) is:
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the person has a prior unrelated conviction under this section; and
(2) a Class D felony if the consumption, gestion, or use of the alcoholic beverage is the proximate cause of the serious bodily jury or death of any person.
