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| Student Services -
Safe and Drug-Free Schools |
2855 Colonial Boulevard
Fort Myers, FL 33966-1012Coordinator:
Jean Campbell, M.Ed.
Grants Specialist:
Sandy Schumann
Telephone: (239) 337-8348 |
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| What is an Alcoholic
Beverage? |
| Any drink that has at least 1/2 of 1 percent alcohol is an
alcoholic beverage. Ethyl alcohol, the active ingredient in
alcoholic drinks, acts as a depressant. There are four types of
alcoholic beverages: beer, wine, fortified wine, and liquor,
each containing different amounts of alcohol. You must be 21
years of age to purchase, possess, or drink alcohol. If you try
and buy an alcoholic beverage in a store or a bar, you will be
asked to prove your age. If you can't prove that you are 21 or
older, the dealer cannot sell you an alcohol beverage (s562.11).
If you are under age 21, it is illegal for you to attempt to
purchase any alcoholic beverage. For the first violation, you
could be fined up to $500.00 and confined for up to 60 days or 6
months probation (s772.082).
Anyone who sells or gives alcoholic beverages to someone
under 21, or who lets the person drink alcoholic beverages in a
bar or store, is breaking the law (s562.11).
Can I borrow a Driver's License or I.D. Card or change the
age on mine to show I'm 21 or older?
No. In both cases, you would be breaking the law. |
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| Other Laws on Alcoholic Beverages |
In Florida, there is zero tolerance for alcoholic beverages
and anyone under age 21. If you are under the age of 21, you
cannot:
- Have an open container of alcoholic beverage in a car,
whether you are drinking or not, or drink while driving, or
drive a car under the influence of alcoholic beverages
(s316.193-6, 316.193).
- Be drunk or under the influence of drugs in public or on
a public highway (s562-453;856.011).
- Possess, drink, sell, or give liquor to any person in or
on any public school or school grounds. You can be suspended
or expelled for this (s562.11).
- Be permitted to remain in a liquor store without lawful
business (s562.48).
- Carry liquor in a car; possess liquor on a public
street, highway, or public place, even if the container is
sealed (s562.111)
- Be hired in an establishment where the main business is
selling alcoholic beverages to be used on the premises
(s562.111,562.13).
If you are found to be under the influence of alcohol or
drugs, you may be issued a Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
citation, which can cost up to $6,000.00 per incident, and your
driver's license may be suspended. For adults, the legal limit
of blood alcohol is .08 percent. |
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| How is drinking Alcohol dangerous? |
Drinking alcohol is dangerous because it can:
- Damage your liver, mouth, esophagus, stomach, pancreas,
brain, and heart.
- Cause Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in an unborn child, which
can create mental retardation.
- Impair the brain, cause memory loss, and lower the
ability of the brain to control behavior.
- Impair your ability to perform motor skills such as
driving a car.
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| Drugs and Narcotics |
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| What are some of the dangerous
drugs? |
- Methamphetamines (Crystal Meth)
- Cocaine (Crack or Rock)
- Hallucinogens: LSD, peyote, PCP, marijuana, Ecstasy
- Narcotics: Heroin, opium, morphine, methadone
- Stimulants (uppers)
- Sedatives (downers)
- GHB (Ecstacy), Ruphies, Homeboy
These are illegal drugs, except by prescription.
Marijuana is composed of THC (a mind altering
ingredient), benzopyrene (causes cancer and is 70% higher in
marijuana than cigarettes), carbon monoxide (highly poisonous),
hydrocyanic acid (poison gas), acetaldehyde (solvent), tar
(contains 50% more tar than a strong band of tobacco cigarettes;
causes lung cancer). |
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What are some of the laws on
narcotics and dangerous drugs?
It is illegal to: |
- Sell counterfeit controlled substances (s817.563,
831.31).
- Sell, furnish, or give away any controlled substance, or
sell, furnish, or give away any other liquid substance or
material that you represent to be a controlled substance.
- Possess, use, sell, transport, give away, offer,
arrange, or negotiate to sell any controlled substance, or
be under the influence of any controlled substance
(s893.13-1-c, 893.13) or marijuana (s893-13) or narcotics or
dangerous drugs (s859.05, 893.13).
- Possess or be under the influence of nitrous oxide
(s877.111).
- Drive on any highway or road while under the influence
of drugs (s316.193).
- Possess any instrument or means used to inject an
illegal drug (s893.147).
- Make or use a false or changed prescription (s831.30).
- Plant, cultivate, harvest, dry, or process marijuana or
other drugs (s893.13-1-a).
- Sniff glue or cement with toluene (s877.111).
- Encourage, try to sell, or force any minor to break any
of the narcotics laws (s859.05, 893.13, 135).
- Use or be under the influence of dangerous drugs, unless
they are prescribed by a licensed person, usually a
physician (s859.05, 893.13).
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| Tobacco |
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| What are the Laws about tobacco? |
If you are under the age of 18, it is against the law to:
- Purchase or attempt to purchase tobacco from a person or
a vending machine (s569.11-12).
- Smoke, sell, or give away any tobacco product to minors
under the age of 18.
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