MIP Hotline
If you have information about an MIP party in progress or you have a teen with a problem please call 402-339-3196 after hours. During normal duty hours you can call 402-597-2035.
Get the Facts
Most parents are concerned about how their children will deal with alcohol and other drugs. Some parents believe that it's less dangerous for their children to use alcohol. The truth is, alcohol is a drug and it's the drug of choice for most teens. By educating yourself about teenage drinking and drug use, you can help your teenager cope wisely with decisions about drug use.| Alcohol | Tobacco |
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| Alcohol is illegal to buy or possess if you are under 21. | It is illegal to purchase or possess tobacco if you are under 18. |
| Drinking increases the risk of injury. Car crashes, falls, burns, drowning, and suicide are all linked to alcohol and other drug use. | Young smokers are 100 times more likely to smoke pot and become addicted to other illicit substances such as heroin and cocaine. |
| Teens don't drink the same way adults do. Many teens engage in "binge drinking" and down their drinks quickly so that they will get drunk. |
Nebraska Zero Tolerance Law
60-6211.01. Person under twenty-one years of age; prohibited acts. It shall be unlawful for any person under twenty-one years of age to operate or be in the actual physical control of any motor vehicle:- When such person has a concentration of two-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of his or her blood but less than the concentration prescribed under subdivision (1)(b) of section 60-6196; or
- When such person has a concentration of two-hundredths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of his or her breath but less than the concentration prescribed under subdivision (1)(c) of section 60-6196.