Amendments to the county’s social host ordinance that prescribe punishments for illegal drug use among minors at parties are poised to become law, following a first reading of the proposed changes that supervisors will vote on next Tuesday.
Passed in 2006, the ordinance previously only prohibited adults at parties from serving alcohol to kids, and imposed fines for violations. The new amendments would add underage possession and consumption of controlled substances—including marijuana and prescription pills—and…