There’s no such “test” to determine if you have an alcohol problem. Other than asking “Do you have a drinking problem?” and expecting an honest answer.
more from the Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger (”An adult who knows that a minor is drinking in his or her home can be punished with a $2,000 fine or up to a year in prison.”)
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/cops_and_courts/x2083433859/Mother-son-arrested-on-alcohol-charges
COHASSET —
A Cohasset mother was arraigned this morning, along with her 18-year-old son, and charged with violating the state’s social host law, two days after police responded to complaints about an underage drinking party at their home.
Judge Mark Coven released Taylor McQuade and Elizabeth McQuade, 50, on “personal recognizance” this morning at Quincy District Court. The judge has ordered that neither could use drugs or drink alcohol, and also that they must submit to related testing. In addition, Elizabeth McQuade agreed to Judge Coven’s request that a sobriety monitoring device be set up her home.
The case has been continued until the next hearing on August 30. On that same day, the mother could face more legal trouble in a probation surrender hearing. State probation officials contend that, with this weekend’s incident, Elizabeth McQuade has violated the terms of her probation related to a past domestic violence case.
Police arrested the mother and son after responding to a neighborhood complaint about a disturbance and underage drinking at the McQuade home on Deep Run, a side street off Jerusalem Road, at about 11 p.m. Saturday.
Lt. William Quigley said officers determined after talking to witnesses that Elizabeth McQuade was well aware that teenagers were drinking alcohol in her home.
Officers found youngsters ranging in age from 17 to 19 playing drinking games. Empty beer cans and cups were scattered on the property.
Besides the social host law, Elizabeth McQuade is also charged with keeping a disorderly house and disturbing the peace. Her son faces an additional charge of being a minor in possession of alcohol.
Police said 23 underage teens from Cohasset, Milton, Weymouth, Pembroke, Braintree, Scituate, Duxbury, East Bridgewater and Waltham will be summoned to court for being minors in possession of alcohol.
“We’re happy that we were able to get everyone home safely and hold the hosts of this party accountable,” Quigley said Sunday.
The state’s social host law was enacted as a result of a fatal crash that killed a Marshfield teenager on June 22, 1996.
Gregory Smith, 18, was drunk and on his way home when he left a graduation party and crashed into a tree in Cohasset.
In 1997, a Quincy District Court jury acquitted a Cohasset businessman of providing beer to high school students at the party.
A lawsuit was settled out of court.
Smith’s parents later lobbied for the host law, which lawmakers passed in 2000 to close a loophole in an old statute.
The law makes it illegal for adults to knowingly or intentionally give alcohol to minors, or to allow minors to drink in their home. An adult who knows that a minor is drinking in his or her home can be punished with a $2,000 fine or up to a year in prison.
McQuade couldn’t be reached for comment.
A breast cancer survivor, she has been making bracelets, necklaces and earrings sold in stores in Massachusetts and several other states while donating many thousands of dollars to promote breast cancer awareness and research.
Her website says 20 percent of proceeds go to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
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