Those Who Host Lose The Most: An anti-underage drinking campaign targets parents who

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Those who do face up to a year in jail, $4,000 fine.
For years, law enforcement has targeted retailers who sell alcohol to minors. Now community leaders are taking aim at parents who provide a keg, six-packs, or shots to underage drinkers.
The “Parents Who Host, Lose the Most” campaign is headed by the Alliance on Underage Drinking. The campaign was born in 1999 after Dallas, Texas police issued 200 alcohol and curfew violations citations to Park Cities, Texas teens partying in a warehouse.
The program, also sponsored by the North Texas Police Chiefs Association, schools and community programs, warns that those who give minors alcohol—either voluntarily or through negligence—will be punished.
Many ONDCP-funded Drug-Free Community Coalitions around the nation are supporters of this program and are spreading the word that providing alcohol to minors is irresponsible, dangerous, and illegal.


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