If You Aren’t 21, Don’t Go on the Beer Run!

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This information was taken from a CSLS handout distributed in our office. Please click here for the handout, and feel free to make copies and pass it on.

BEWARE of undercover Ohio Liquor Control Agents who lurk at the carry-outs and liquor store. (Yes, some of them look like other students, male & female, and they also wait in cars outside or across the street).

1) DON`T PASS THE MONEY BETWEEN EACH OTHER IN PUBLIC, (ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF THE CARRYOUT) , ESPECIALLY AFTER ONE OF YOU HAS GONE INSIDE TO GET THE BOOZE AND THE UNDERAGERS ARE WAITING OUTSIDE THE BUILDING OR IN THE CAR.

2) DON`T HAND THE BOOZE OFF TO YOUR FRIENDS AFTER YOU LEAVE THE CAR OR CARRYOUT. POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL. THEY WILL FOLLOW YOU.

3) REMEMBER, AFTER THEY`VE STOPPED YOU, SEPARATED YOU FROM EACH OTHER AND ARE THREATENING TO TAKE YOU TO JAIL UNLESS YOU ADMIT THAT ONE OF YOU BOUGHT BOOZE FOR THE UNDERAGE FRIENDS— REMEMBER PLEASE: YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT AND THAT YOU CAN`T CATCH A FISH UNLESS IT OPENS ITS MOUTH - AND THEY REALLY DON’T HAVE ANYTHING ON YOU YET.

5) IT`S THAT SIMPLE, DON`T LIE BUT NO ONE SHOULD ADMIT ANYTHING. JUST GIVE THEM YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND SOME FORM OF ID.   YOU DON`T HAVE TO PROVIDE AGE AND ANYTHING YOU SAY WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU. ASK FOR YOUR LAWYER. ONLY THE PARANOID AND THE SILENT SURVIVE; DON’T RISK SUSPENSION AND JAIL.