Pubdate: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 Source: Sun Herald (MS) Copyright: 2003, The Sun Herald Contact: http://www.sunherald.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/432 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/dare.htm (D.A.R.E.) SOCIAL AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH USE OF DRUGS An NIE Educational Activity Questions For Discussion Drinking, Driving And The Law 1. At what point, when drinking or using drugs, is a person no longer in charge of his or her behavior? 2. Why are there laws about driving while intoxicated? 3. Why do you think the laws concerning alcohol are different for people under 21 and people over 21? The Costs Of A DUI Conviction If you are arrested and convicted of DUI (all forms of impairment, including marijuana, ecstasy, alcohol, etc.) what do you think the total cost of the DUI will be (think about all the costs involved)? Use the Mississippi Crime and Punishment Chart and include these additional costs you will incur. Can you think of any more? Towing charges License restoration fee Attorney fees Lost work for court time Fine at the lowest level Court cost Assessment and traffic school Community service fee Insurance increase for 3 years (this will be the greatest expense) Social Consequences If a person has a DUI conviction on record, what might happen when he/she applies for a job? When he/she applies for a scholarship or loan for a college? When he/she applies to enlist in the military? How would you tell your parents and siblings if you were arrested/cited for DUI? Discuss whether youthful offenses negatively affect other people, not just the adolescent involved. *DARE America ASAPS University of Akron Study 9th-Grade Curriculum