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New criminal laws will go into effect on Friday, July 1, 2005, including measures designed to curb underage drinking in Virginia.
Under the new Virginia criminal laws, possession or consumption of alcohol by anyone younger than 21 will carry a maximum penalty of a year in jail. Because underage drinkers often get their alcohol from people of legal age, the state will also crack down on anyone found guilty of purchasing or providing the means for underage drinking, carrying a maximum penalty of a year in jail and possible suspension of his/her driver's license.
Virginia's DUI laws will not be limited to drivers on the roads, but also operators of boats and moped drivers. A DUI is most commonly associated to alcohol, but driving under the influence of cocaine, methamphetamine, PCP and ecstasy will also become Virginia DUI violations.
Officials are also increasing state efforts to crack down on the manufacturing and use of methamphetamine in response to the growing crime problems it has created in Southwest Virginia. Possession of certain chemicals with the intent of making the homemade drug will become a felony in Virginia, with a maximum prison sentence of five years, and producing methamphetamine in the presence of a child will become a felony with a maximum prison sentence of 40 years.
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