The Senate Plenary approved on Tuesday (16) a bill that increases the penalty for those who provide drugs or alcohol to children or adolescents. From the text, the current penalty of detention, which ranges from two to four years, may be increased from one third to half if the substance is effectively consumed by the person under 18 years. The PL 942/2024, from the Chamber of Deputies, where it has also been approved, goes to the sanction of the President of the Republic to enter into force.
Currently, the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA) already provides punishment for the delivery of these products, regardless of consumption. With the change, originally proposed by federal deputy Laura Carneiro (PSD-RJ), the judge could increase the punishment based on the intensity of the damage caused.
Increased sentence can be applied to those who “sell, provide, serve, minister or deliver, even if free, alcohol or other products whose components may cause physical or psychic dependence.”
The proposal arrived at the Senate plenary after receiving a favorable opinion from the Human Rights Commission (CDH) and the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ).
“The lower the age, legalized or not, the greater the possibilities of becoming a stretch or lifelong dependent user. In addition, there is a risk of traffic accidents and trauma, homicides, suicides and firearm accidents. Consumption before the age of 16 increases the risk of excessive drinking in adulthood, in both sexes,” said Senator Damares Alves, argued. (Republicans-DF), project rapporteur at CDH.
*With information from the Senate Agency.
