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ROSEVILLE POLICE APPROVED OPTIONAL MANAGER AND SERVER TRAINING PROGRAM Training, optional or not, is a responsibility of all in the alcohol beverage industry. According to the American Medical Association: • Alcohol is the most frequently used drug by high school seniors. • Approximately 88% of 10th graders and 75% of 8th graders report it is very easy to get alcohol. • Almost two thirds (or 6.9 million) of junior and high school students who consume alcohol purchase their own beverages. • Underage drinking is a factor in nearly half of all teen automobile crashes, the leading cause of death among teenagers. • Alcohol abuse is linked to as many as two thirds of all sexual assaults and date rapes of teens and college students. Other studied regarding alcohol report: • Alcohol abuse by a parent or guardian is involved in 7 out of 10 cases of child abuse and neglect. • At least 11 million of the nation's children live in households with an alcoholic parent. • A Harvard study found light and moderate drinkers cause 60 percent of alcohol related incidents of absenteeism, tardiness and .poor quality of work, while dependent drinkers cause 40 percent. • In 1998, 38% of fatal traffic accidents in the United States were alcohol related. Alcohol plays a large part of American entertainment and relaxation activities. It is also very easy to abuse. It is a responsibility, moral and legal, of the alcohol beverage industry to limit abuse as they are able. Not selling to underage customers and not serving to intoxicated patrons can be controlled. State Statute 340A: • It is a gross misdemeanor for any person to sell, furnish or give alcoholic beverages to a person under 21. The seller may receive up to a $3,000.00 fine and one year in jail or both and a criminal record. • It is a misdemeanor for any person under the age of 21 to purchase or attempt to purchase or procure any alcoholic beverage. The purchaser may receive up to a $700.00 fine and 90 days in jail or both and a criminal record.