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Tackling Crime – Current Laws on Alcohol, Drugs and Road Traffic Offences

Tackling Crime – Current Laws on Alcohol, Drugs and Road Traffic Offences. Aims:. Examine current laws on alcohol, drugs and road traffic offences. Consider recent changes which have been introduced by the Scottish Government. Success Criteria :

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Tackling Crime – Current Laws on Alcohol, Drugs and Road Traffic Offences

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  1. Tackling Crime – Current Laws on Alcohol, Drugs and Road Traffic Offences

  2. Aims: • Examine current laws on alcohol, drugs and road traffic offences. • Consider recent changes which have been introduced by the Scottish Government. Success Criteria: • In your jotter you will produce a summary of the current key laws on alcohol, drugs and road traffic offences.

  3. Scotland’s Alcohol Problem • In 2010, 23% more alcohol was sold per adult in Scotland than in England and Wales. • 5% of deaths in Scotland are due to alcohol. • Excessive consumption of alcohol leads to various health problems e.g. chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, high blood pressure, as well as social problems such as anti-social behaviour and violent crimes. • Harmful/hazardous drinking was most common in higher-income households and the lowest-income households.

  4. Alcohol Age Limits Under Fourteen • Children are allowed on licensed premises (pub) but they can’t buy alcohol or have it bought for them. Sixteen or Seventeen • In the UK sixteen and seventeen year olds are allowed to drink beer, wine or cider at a meal out with parents. In Scotland, they do not need to have an adult present to purchase alcohol with their meal.

  5. Alcohol Age Limits Under Eighteen • It is against the law for anyone under eighteen to buy alcohol in a pub, supermarket or other licensed premises. Other Laws • It is an offence for adults to buy alcohol for anyone under 18. You can face a fine of up to £5,000 and/or a prison sentences of up to three months. • It is also an offence to be drunk in a public place.

  6. Classification of Drugs

  7. Dangerous/Careless Driving • The courts can fine you and ‘endorse’ your driving licence with penalty points if you’re convicted of a motoring offence. • Endorsements must stay on your driving licence for 4 or 11 years, depending on the offence. • The endorsement (and penalty points) is put on your driver record and is written on the counterpart document of your photocard driving licence or on your paper driving licence. • You can be disqualified from driving if you build up 12 or more penalty points within a period of 3 years.

  8. Penalty Points

  9. Careless Driving Offences

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