Letters Deliver Sobering Message for Parents who Host Underage Drinking Parties

Parents and students from the Birmingham-Bloomfield, Michigan school district will gather together on Wednesday, March 25, to stuff and mail more than 4,000 letters. The letters are signed by local police chiefs and address the issues and consequences parents will face if they host underage drinking parties.

"The Birmingham Bloomfield Community Coalition is sponsoring the letter-writing campaign. This is the sixth year the coalition has participated with other Oakland County coalitions in sending this message to parents in their respective communities."

The letters will be addressed to parents of high school students that attend public and private schools in the district. They will also be mailed in police department envelopes, will remind parents of the legal ramifications for hosting underage parties, and will give parents tips for keeping their teens safe. Source: Birmingham (MI) Observer-Eccentric

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Oklahoma Considering Tougher Penalties for Parents who Host Underage Drinking

In 2006, Oklahoma voters passed "Cody's Law," named for a 16-year-old Tulas boy who died of an overdose while staying the night at a friend's home where the friend's parents were hosting a teen party. The parents, Kelli and William Henry, received a one-year deferred sentence for 11 counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Cody's parents, stunned by the light sentence, are now working to pass a new law that would require harsher penalties for adults who provide drugs and/or alcohol to minors. Under the current law, adults are only held responsible if a child is injured or dies while consuming drugs or alcohol under the supervision of an adult; the new law would hold adults accountable for simply hosting a party for minors where alcohol and/or drugs are available. The new bill, Senate Bill 1146, would also require a misdemeanor for the first offense with jail time and fines; extended jail time and fines for a second offense; and an automatic felony for a third offense.

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