UNDERAGE DRINKING IN OREGON
Welcome to Oregon. Let's get drunk. Oregon legislature
makes it legal to let your underaged kids drink. The only
restriction seems to be that it needs to be in parents' or
guardian's residence and the parent or guardian needs to be
home. They don't have to be present, however.
Oregon has a state law that allows underaged drinking "in home". However, Lane County has gone beyond that
Underage drinking
and driving Underage drinking is a national concern that's leading to more injuries and deaths than people realize. In fact, nearly 11 million underage people consume alcohol in the United States alone. These decisions can lead to extremely tragic and devastating consequences. Our law firm has seen first hand the pain that underage drinking causes victims and their families. The following figures were the most up-to-date statistics at the time of our latest research. If you have any questions, or require more recent information, please refer to our sources at the bottom of this page for more information. National Underage Drinking Statistics
The 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that among high school students, during the 30 days prior to being surveyed,
These numbers are startling, especially when you consider that teen car accidents are the number one cause of death for teens in the United States. 2017 Underage Drinking Statistics
2012 Underage Drinking Statistics
How do teenagers obtain alcohol? Among underage drinkers, 40% usually obtained alcohol by someone giving it to them. Of those:
Do male or female teenagers drink the most? Males have higher underage drinking rates than females:
It's a Matter of Life and Death – Don't Drink and Drive Underage drinking affects millions of families every year. That's why it's important to discuss the dangers of teen drinking, peer pressure, and driving or riding with an intoxicated person. If a drunk driver ever injures you or a loved one, contact our law firm for a free case review. We'll answer your legal questions and get you the help you need. Remember, it's free to call and there's never an obligation to hire our law firm once you call. Sources: "Fact
Sheets - Underage Drinking" Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Eight
Different Exceptions to the Minimum Legal Drinking Age
(MLDA) of 2
1. on private, non
alcohol-selling premises, with parental consent Liability
Laws Make Parents Responsible for Underage Drinking in Their
Home Parents in some states can be liable even if they were not aware that drinking was going on in their home, according to the Associated Press. One Stanford University professor was arrested in November after his 17-year-old son had a party in the basement. The professor, Bill Burnett, said he had forbidden alcohol at the party and had twice checked on the teens. He spent one night in jail and was booked on 44 counts of suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Each count carries up to a $2,500 fine and almost a year in jail. Eight states have “social host” laws that make parents liable if underage guests in their home are drinking, even if no harm comes to anyone, the AP reports. In some of the states, parents are allowed to serve alcohol to their own children in certain situations. In 16 other states, laws hold parents responsible for underage drinking in some circumstances, such as if a teenager who drank in their home was in a car accident. Research conducted by
Students Against Destructive Decisions, and co-sponsored by
the insurance company Liberty Mutual, found 41 percent of
teens say their parents allow them to go to parties where
alcohol is being served, compared with 36 percent two years
ago. Read
more. 
8:11  Should
Parents Let Teens Drink At Home?
As many as 700,000 kids ages 12 to 14 -- or 6 percent of those in that age group -- said they drank in the past month in a recent report conducted by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Of the 45 percent who said they got the alcohol for free at home, 16 percent said it came from a parent or guardian. The poll didn't ask for details about how much alcohol they consumed or in what situation they had a drink. One father, Terry Moran, said he won't let his kids drink alcohol until they're legal, according to the "Today" show. "Because kids start thinking that, 'Hey, if my parents think it's OK, then I can just go experiment, hang out with my friends and drink.' I see it happen all the time," Moran told NBC. One teen who spoke to NBC said his parents sometimes give him small amounts of alcohol at dinner. "They would give me alcohol at home first, small doses -- a glass of wine here, maybe a glass of beer with dinner," he said. "It taught me responsibility, for the most part." Psychologist Elaine Moore says that many teenagers are going to experiment with drinking no matter what, and they're typically not mature enough to handle it well. Mothers and fathers can help, but declined to speculate on whether giving alcohol to teen children at home is the solution. "I don't think there's a right answer," Moore told NBC. "I think it's really, really important for parents to teach their kids to drink responsibly." Peter Delany, the director of SAMHSA's Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, said the earlier that teens start drinking, the more likely they are to become alcoholics. "When kids under age 15 start drinking and drinking heavily, they are about six times more likely to end up with alcohol problems," he told the Wall Street Journal. "This report isn't designed to say, 'Bad parents!' It's designed to say, 'Here's an issue you should pay attention to.'" In fact, according to the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 50 percent of young people in America are binge drinking by they time they're 21 and 86 percent of them have consumed alcohol. "Twenty-five percent of 'Seventeen' readers say their parents let them drink at home," the magazine's editor-in-chief Ann Shoket told "Today." "But what they're learning is not necessarily how to drink. What they're learning is trust." The research to date is inconclusive on the potential perils of letting your kids drink at home. But no matter what, psychiatrist Janet Taylor believes parents should at least be talking to their children about drinking, especially about the hazards of binge drinking. "It gets back to the
quality of the relationship and how much communication is
happening at home," Taylor told the show. How
your state's politicians make underage drinking
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