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Teen Education
Alcohol Management
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration
On Any Given Day in the United States The
Number of Adolescents Aged 12 to 17 Who
Used the following for the first time
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Alcohol- 7970
Cigarettes- 4082
Marijuana- 3577
On Any Given Day in the United States The
Number of Adolescents Aged 12 to 17 Who
Used the following
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Cigarettes- 1,245,240
Alcohol- 630,539
Marijuana- 586,454
TCA 1-3-113
Alcoholic beverage restrictions on persons under
twenty-one (21) years of age.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), it is
unlawful for any person under twenty-one (21) years of
age to purchase, possess, transport or consume
alcoholic beverages, wine, or beer.
TCA 57-5-301
False ID and Possession by minors unlawful
Any person under twenty-one (21) years of age who
knowingly makes a false statement or exhibits false
identification to the effect that the person is twentyone (21) years of age or older to any person
engaged in the sale of alcoholic beverages licensed
hereunder for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining
the same is guilty of a misdemeanor.
TCA 57-5-301 cont’d
It is unlawful for any person under twenty-one (21)
years of age to have in the person's possession beer
for any purpose, and it is unlawful for any such minor
to transport beer for any purpose except the same
be in the course of employment.
TCA 57-4-203
Sales to Minors Prohibited.
Any licensee or other person who sells, furnishes,
disposes of, gives, or causes to be sold, furnished,
disposed of, or given, any alcoholic beverage to any
person under twenty-one (21) years of age commits
a Class A misdemeanor.
TCA 57-4-203 cont’d
Any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years who:
(A) Purchases, attempts to purchase, receives, or has in such
person's possession in any public place, any alcoholic
beverage, commits a Class A misdemeanor; or
(B) Knowingly makes a false statement or exhibits false
identification to the effect that the licensee is twenty-one (21)
years of age or older to any person engaged in the sale of
alcoholic beverages for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining
the same commits a Class A misdemeanor.
TCA 55-10-415
Underage driving while impaired
A person age sixteen (16) or over but under age twenty-one (21) may not drive
or be in physical control of an automobile or other motor driven vehicle
while:
(A) The alcohol concentration in the person's blood is more than two hundredths
of one percent (0.02%);
(B) Under the influence of alcohol;
(C) Under the influence of any intoxicant, marijuana, narcotic drug, or drug
producing stimulating effects on the central nervous system; or
(D) Under the combined influence of alcohol and any other drug set out in to a
degree which makes the person's driving ability impaired.
TCA 39-15-404
Enticing a child to purchase alcoholic beverages — Purchasing of
alcoholic beverages for child.
It is an offense for a person to persuade, entice or send a minor to any
place where alcoholic beverages, are sold, to buy or otherwise procure
alcoholic beverages or beer in any quantity, for the use of the minor, or
for the use of any other person; and
It is an offense for a person to give or buy alcoholic beverages or beer
for or on behalf of any minor or to cause alcohol to be given or bought
for or on behalf of any minor for any purpose.
TCA 39-17-705
Consuming alcoholic beverages on school premises.
It is unlawful to consume or possess any alcoholic
beverage on the school plant or grounds of any
public school in this state having any of the grades
kindergarten through twelve (K-12).
TCA 39-17-310
Public intoxication.
A person commits the offense of public intoxication who
appears in a public place under the influence of a controlled
substance or any other intoxicating substance to the degree
that:
(1) The offender may be endangered;
(2) There is endangerment to other persons or property; or
(3) The offender unreasonably annoys people in the vicinity.
"The Party’s Over"
Be Cool, Be You. Don’t Drink.