Teens Who Use False ID to Buy Liquor Could Lose License

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(KCPW News) State alcoholic beverage officials are hoping to get a new law in Utah that wills suspend a teenager's license if he or she is caught using false identification to buy alcohol. Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission Chair Larry Lunt says they will also ask for one-million dollars a year in the state's liquor profits to be set aside for teen drinking prevention efforts.

Liquor sales in Utah exceeded 50 million dollars last year - up nine million over the previous year. Because liquor is sold in state-run stores, Lunt says every taxpayer in Utah is in the alcohol business, so it's the state's responsibility to educate people about the product its dangers.

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