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In normal countries, the underage drinking also isn't criminalized. It is illegal to sell alcohol to underage persons, but it's not illegal for said underage pe
by revelation 12y ago
In normal countries, the underage drinking also isn't criminalized. It is illegal to sell alcohol to underage persons, but it's not illegal for said underage person to drink it.
That said, I'd love for drunk driving to have harsher penalties. Not jail, but simply driving ban for at least a year with an extended retest (psych eval, as they do in other countries if you lose your license to drunk driving).
- ams6110 12y agoDUI is already at least probation + a significant suspension in most states, at least that's my perception. At best, if there was no accident/injury, you get a provisional driving license that will let you go to/from work, and you'll lose that on a 2nd offense. Plus your insurance will go sky-high. It's really not the slap on the wrist it used to be. Simple public intoxication or illegal consumption is, in most cases, something you can have expunged if it's a first offense and you pay the bribe^H^H^H^H^H pre-trial diversion fee.