Texas' underage alcohol abusers often re-offend, avoid treatment

When a 17-year-old is arrested for DWI, he may be just a baby to mom and dad.
But in the eyes of Texas, he's an adult. As adults too young to legally drink, 17- to 20-year-olds fall into a special category in Texas: "minor adults."
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Flower Mound lawmaker wants repeat DWI offenders to lose driver's licenses forever

AUSTIN – A leading legislator is vowing to change state law so offenders convicted of two drunken-driving charges will permanently lose their driver's licenses.


Currently, Texas provides only that licenses can be suspended for a maximum of two years.

Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, said she was prompted by the Easter-morning accident in which a man with three DWI convictions was involved in a collision that killed an Argyle mother and daughter.