Research shows that parents have a powerful voice in their children's lives and decisions. Kids who say their parents strongly disapprove of underage drinking are half as likely as their peers to use alcohol, according to a statewide survey of Texas students.
A "minor" means a person under the age of 21.
Download the new TABC Complaint Reporting Application for your smart phone to file a complaint against a TABC-licensed location or to report alcohol-related violations.
Visit our You Tube channel to view our PSA on the topic of Drink Tampering. This video gives a warning about drink tampering, always watch your drink when out, if you leave it don't drink it. Remember underage drinking is illegal. Drunk is dumb…sober is smart.
Watch the Drink Tampering video.
Signs someone has taken one of these drugs:
Rohypnol (circles, forget pill, LA Rochas, lunch money, Mexican Valium, mind erasers, poor man's Quaalude, R-2, rib, roach, roach-2, roches, roofies, roopies, rope, rophies, ruffies, trip-and-fall, and whiteys):
GHB (bedtime scoop, cherry meth, easy lay, energy drink, G, gamma 10, g-juice, Georgia homeboy, gook, goop, great hormones, grievous bodily harm (GBH), liquid E, liquid ecstasy, liquid X, PM, salt water, soap, somatomax, vita-G.):
Ketamine (black hole, bump, cat Valium, green, jet, K, K-hole, kit kat, psychedelic Heroin. Purple, Special K, super acid):
Things you can do to prevent drink tampering:
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) has completed an on-line database that gives consumers access to a list of what alcoholic beverage products are legal for sale in Texas and those products' alcohol content. TABC's Label Approval Database includes all alcoholic beverages that have had labels approved since 2005. Consumers can search the database by permit number, brand name, trade (manufacturer) name, type of product, approval date, or percent alcohol by volume. Each record includes all of this information and an image of the approved label.
The database, which was funded by the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, can play an important role in the prevention of underage drinking, and in adult consumers' efforts to drink responsibly. A parent or teacher's ability to view a product's label and see the alcohol content can help them play a more educated role in monitoring a young person's activities. Having access to a product's alcohol content is also beneficial if an adult consumer knows how to use it to determine responsible consumption measures. Read the press release about the on-line database.
This web site is intended for students, parents, law enforcement and other community members with an interest in preventing underage drinking.
This website is funded through a grant from the OJJDP Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided.)
The Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Program supports and enhances efforts by states and local jurisdictions to prevent the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors and the purchase and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) helps states address the problem of underage drinking through block grants, discretionary programs, and training and technical assistance. The EUDL program helps develop comprehensive and coordinated initiatives to enforce state laws that prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors and to prevent the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors (defined as individuals under 21 years of age).
Since 2002, TABC has been the designated state administrator for EUDL grant funds for the State of Texas and monitors each project. The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) block grant, provides funding. Each project addresses underage drinking through a comprehensive program involving various members of the local community. The funding is used to increase enforcement efforts and provide educational programs to increase the awareness of underage drinking laws and the consequences of underage drinking. In the past, TABC has used EUDL grant money to: