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The cities of East Grand Forks and Crookston
have social host ordinances and now Polk County Public Health is asking the Polk
County Commissioners to pass an ordinance for the entire county. The first
reading for the ordinance was held at the county board meeting on Tuesday. Sue
Thompson of Polk County Public Health said with the biggest cities having the
ordinance they want to bring it to the entire county. The social host ordinance
makes it a criminal act for anyone to provide the environment to allow underage
drinking to occur. “They do not have to provide the alcohol, for example if I
was a parent of high schoolers and they have friends over and I took their keys
and I let them drink in my home that would make me criminally responsible for a
gross misdemeanor,” said Thompson. “Alcohol is the number one choice in Polk
County and the nation and when youths drink they binge drink and over consume
and then they might engage in behaviors they would normally not do. The
adolescent brain is still developing so it is important that adults and children
understand the importance to prevent the excess drinking of alcohol.”
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