{"id":12228,"date":"2024-07-17T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ronaldomartins.adv.br\/?p=12228"},"modified":"2024-11-06T22:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T01:44:04","slug":"shielding-minors-from-the-dangers-of-alcohol-eca-is-strengthened-by-stj-precedent-669j-precedent-669","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ronaldomartins.adv.br\/en\/17\/07\/2024\/shielding-minors-from-the-dangers-of-alcohol-eca-is-strengthened-by-stj-precedent-669j-precedent-669\/","title":{"rendered":"SHIELDING MINORS FROM THE DANGERS OF ALCOHOL\u00a0\u00a0 ECA IS STRENGTHENED BY STJ PRECEDENT 669J PRECEDENT 669"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In a worrying scenario of early alcohol consumption by children and adolescents, the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA) emerges as a shield, now supported by Precedent 669 of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), which further strengthens the defense of children and adolescents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This Precedent, established in 2024 by the STJ, reinforces article 243 of the ECA, making it a crime to supply alcoholic beverages<\/strong> to minors, which was previously only treated as a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Article 243 of the ECA – in force since 1990 and amended by Law 13,106 of March 17, 2015, which repealed item I of art. 63 of Decree-Law No. 3,688 of October 3, 1941 (Criminal Offenses Law) – reinforced the protection of children and adolescents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Legislation already recognized this as a crime, predicting the dangers of early consumption of alcohol and other addictive substances for the physical and mental development of children and adolescents, and criminalized the sale, supply, service, administration or delivery of these substances to minors. However, the expression “products whose components may cause physical or psychological dependence” raised doubts about the inclusion of alcohol, weakening the application of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Precedent 669 of the STJ resolved this gap in a decisive manner, making it clear that alcohol is included in this category of products, making the crime more comprehensive and combating the sale and supply of alcoholic beverages to minors more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This measure represents a milestone in the fight against this problem, typifying this crime and recognizing the seriousness of early alcohol consumption and its negative impacts on the lives of young people and consequently on society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An in-depth look at Article 243<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n